Thursday, April 29th, 2021

There was a lot of legislative action at the statehouse in Des Moines on Wednesday. Governor Kim Reynolds signed a bill into law aimed at expanding high-speed internet access across the state after the House and Senate voted unanimously to approve the proposal. Governor Reynolds is expected to sign a bill expanding the state’s public-funded charter school program. IPR’s Grant Gerlock explains it was given final passage on a party-line vote in the Iowa Senate on Wednesday. Plus, a new policy banning family, friends and third parties from sending books into Iowa prisons is raising civil rights concerns among loved ones and advocates.