To be the first state to go backwards, I mean, how embarrassing could that possibly be?” said Rep. Beth Wessel-Kroeschell, a Democrat.

The Iowa Senate and House debated for several hours before passing the legislation overwhelmingly along party lines. The ...

The signing makes Iowa the first state in the country to take away civil rights from a group it has previously protected in law. "It's common sense to acknowledge the obvious biological ...

The Republican-backed bill passed both legislative chambers by large margins despite warnings from Democrats that the measure ...

Iowa became the first US state to remove gender identity protections from its civil rights code on Friday when Gov. Kim ...

A bill removing protections against discrimination for transgender Iowans from the state's civil rights act could be on Gov.

Despite past opposition, major Iowa businesses are silent this year as the Iowa GOP moves to repeal civil rights protections ...

Iowa lawmakers became the first in the nation to approve legislation removing gender identity protections from the state's civil rights code, despite massive protests ...

Federal workers gathered in iowa city ealier today to call on congresswoman mariannette miller-meeks about the recent job and ...

A protester was dragged out of state Senate chambers just after lawmakers voted to pass a bill stripping gender identity protections from Iowa's Civil Rights Ac ...

The new law, which goes into effect July 1, follows years of action from Republicans to restrict transgender students’ use of ...

Iowa lawmakers passed a bill Feb. 27 that would end nondiscrimination protections for transgender people amid massive ...