Today is the last public hearing on legislation that would remove gender identity from the Iowa Civil Rights Act. Waterloo Community Schools will have layoffs over the next two years. And new data is out about abortion in Iowa in 2023.

Governor Kim Reynolds could have a bill that removes gender identity as a protected class in Iowa on her desk tomorrow. Several dozen protestors in Waterloo say they feel ignored by their U.S. Representative Ashley Hinson. And the annual Iowa Cancer Registry report is out.

A bill that would remove transgender anti-discrimination protections from state law drew heavy protests at the capitol. A University of Iowa professor shares her concern over federal layoffs. And Iowa is one of the few states that don't allow fentanyl testing strips for public use.

The first public hearing is happening today on a bill that would remove gender identity protections from state law. The Waterloo Community School district canceled a Black History Month event. And Bernie Sanders spoke in Iowa City over the weekend.

A scientist at an USDA facility in Ames says recent layoffs are mostly people who take care of animals. Some Republican state lawmakers are trying to remove gender identity protections from a state law. And what's the future for rural postal service?

State lawmakers are considering the details of the governor's bill involving preschool access. A former federal employee who was fired last week as part of layoffs is speaking out. And why has a national arts funding organization changed its grants guidelines?

The state auditor says state officials are not giving him information he needs to audit the education savings account program. Some state lawmakers want to make it a felony to knowingly bringing a minor to a drag performance. And how does Gov. Reynolds want to address the health care provider shortage in the state?

There's another attempt to let the state's major electricity providers have dibs on building transmission lines. Public libraries and educational institutions would have to follow obscenity laws under a bill in the legislature. And 2026 election bids are starting to come in.

Delayed payments and layoffs are a couple of impacts of the federal freeze on certain USDA grants. A bill moving through the Iowa Senate would create guidelines for voluntary Bible classes in Iowa high schools. And there are unanswered questions about how the state would implement a bill that would require citizenship status on IDs.

Some state lawmakers are trying to require citizenship status on driver's licenses. Religious exemptions from school required vaccinations are on the rise. And how would selling carbon in trees save forestland?