The protest was one of 50 planned protests Wednesday in cities across the country organized by the 50501 Movement.

House File 203 would bring the monument to the grounds of the Iowa Capitol complex. An exact location would be determined later.

Chris Cournoyer's seat. At the Iowa Capitol, lawmakers considered bills relating to casino moratoriums, higher education and school threat assessment teams among other things. The 2025 ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul is proposing to honor Harriet Tubman, an Auburn and American icon, with the placement of a statue in the U.S. Capitol's Statuary Hall. In her State of the State address ...

Iowa is not among those states. Here, amending the constitution must start with a legislative proposal from state lawmakers, or by a constitutional convention, which is available only once every ...

House Minority Leader Jennifer Konfrst, D-Windsor Heights, speaks during the first day of the legislative session at the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines on Jan. 13. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette ...

DES MOINES — As legislators this week continue their consideration of a group of bills aimed at reshaping higher education in Iowa — taking aim at diversity, equity, and inclusion programming ...

Sen. Tim Kraayenbrink, R-Fort Dodge, looks on during the first day of the legislative session Jan. 13 at the Iowa Capitol in Des Moines. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette) Last year, Republicans in charge ...

DES MOINES — The odds of Cedar Rapids finally getting a casino took a hit Thursday when state lawmakers advanced legislation that would prohibit any new casinos in Iowa for at least five years.