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Daylight saving time ends at 2 a.m. local time next Sunday, Nov. 3, which means you should set your clock back an hour before you go to bed. Here's what to know.

A state agency that supports K-12 students with special needs is anticipating major restructuring and reductions in the coming year. This after Iowa Republicans’ law redirecting their funding and scope of service.

Apr 15, 2024 · The Iowa City and Linn-Mar school districts face a combined $10 million budget shortfall as the state continues to underfund public schools and funnel millions toward private school tuition.

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Jan 27, 2025 · IA Republicans advance bill that could require schools to teach fetal personhood by Nikoel Hytrek | Jan 30, 2025 | EDUCATION. Republican legislators advanced a bill on Thursday that would require schools to show students in grades 7-12 videos with details about the stages of fetal development, without any requirements that the videos be scientifically or …

Jan 24, 2025 · A bill requiring educators to teach students that life begins at conception was passed through a Senate subcommittee on Thursday by Sens. Jeff Taylor (R-Sioux Center) and Sandy Salmon (R-Janesville).. Sen. Sarah Trone Garriott (D-West Des Moines), who also sat on the education subcommittee, did not sign on to the bill. “I support the bill because human growth and development doesn’t start ...

Iowa farmers only plant corn and beans, you say? Tell that to the 100+ Christmas tree farms dotted across Iowa's snowy landscape this time of year, where you can pick out the perfect Scotch pine, white pine, Canaan fir, Douglas fir, Frasier fir, Colorado blue...