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Home births have become a lot more common. DEI is the subject of many proposals in the state legislature. And how did the COVID-19 pandemic impact vaccine attitudes five years later?

Des Moines' largest homeless shelter will soon stop taking extra people during extreme weather. There are only five citizen police review boards in the state, but a bill in the legislature is trying to ban them. And Jane Goodall was in Iowa over the weekend.

Some Republican lawmakers are trying to reverse a federal ban on a cancer-causing chemical. Police use-of-force reports are considered public records. And what federal buildings in Iowa are on a list to be closed this year?

Iowa is taking in less revenue, so state lawmakers will have to use some state savings to cover some of next year's budget expenses. Lawmakers still haven't finalized an education spending plan. And what are restorative dialogues?

The Iowa House has passed a bill that would allow legislative members to apply for a professional weapons permit. Minnesota Governor Tim Walz is coming to Iowa. And how are some Iowans recovering from long COVID?

LGBTQ rights advocates continue to speak out at the state capitol. The Iowa House still has its supermajority after a special election. And two Des Moines police officers can now be sued for inappropriate behavior involving a 2018 traffic stop.

Over 300 farmers that have planned for USDA money aren't getting it now. A suspect is facing charges in a decades-old cold case involving the alleged murder of a Native American woman. And a clerical error with the USHUD has caused stress for an Iowa agency that is missing a payment.

The state attorney general's office is staying silent about one of Iowa's worst fish kills. Parking ticket fine increases is one of many possibilities to help the City of Des Moines anticipated budget shortfall. And what bills made it and didn't make it past funnel week in the state legislature?

Republican lawmakers release a major plan to overhaul the state's property tax policies. A bill targeting homeless populations in the state has been tabled. And what do state lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have to say about funnel week?

A bill in the state legislature would make sleeping or camping on public property illegal. Another bill would limit protests outside of the state capitol. And The 1619 Freedom School is now hosting the yearly African American Read-In event.