Nikoel Hytrek

The Iowa House Tuesday passed the Legislature’s child labor bill, SF 542, with significant amendments to change some of the language that allowed minors to work in dangerous occupations. Some of those amendments included changes suggested by House Democrats, but the bill still passed on party lines, 60-34. The bill, with its amendments, heads back…

Five Iowa high schoolers with a passion for the arts received Iowa Arts Council scholarships recently. Here’s who got them:

Did you know an Iowa librarian wrote the original “Library’s Bill of Rights” as a rebuke to book banning during the rise of fascism, and it became the basis of library policy across the country?

Anti-hunger advocates have been urging the governor to veto a bill that takes away food and health care benefits from qualified Iowans.

A lot of attention has been given to what Iowa students learn in school this year. While that attention has mostly focused on restricting and banning what can be taught, there are people who say accurate, truthful information is more important than ever. For more than 15 years, Amanda Swan, a community health educator for…

Lexi Gause, a first-generation college student from Cedar Rapids, has been chosen for a year-long program that supports students who have been identified as civic leaders.

Iowa House Republicans passed a bill Thursday, with a vote of 55-41, severely restricting what the Iowa State Auditor’s office can do to watch over other government agencies by limiting what information the auditor can access. Auditor Rob Sand is the only statewide Democrat left in office after last year’s election, and his job is…

Krisha Kapoor, a senior at Iowa City West High, was named Iowa Journalist of the Year.

Being transgender or nonbinary in Iowa is difficult, especially for students in Iowa’s schools. But community support still exists in this state. The Iowa Legislature has dedicated itself in the past two years to restricting those students’ rights to go to the bathroom, play sports and get necessary and recommended health care. Gov. Kim Reynolds…

They came to Iowa knowing very little—or nothing—about what to expect. But once they were here, Hala Abumaizer-Scheetz, Kineret Zabner and Dr. Geetha Srinivas found kindness and community that has kept them in Iowa, even with other (less snowy) options out there. Abumaizer-Scheetz, Zabner and Srinivas are the mothers of Reps. Sami Scheetz, Adam Zabner…