DES MOINES — Republicans in the Iowa legislature, empowered by the state’s recent “red wave,” have embarked on an ambitious new agenda that includes a costly school choice bill and legislation targeting the LGBTQ community, a historic divergence from Iowa’s history as a civil rights bastion.
Democracy Dies in Darkness
Iowa’s sharp right turn: From centrist state to ‘Florida of the North’
By Annie Gowen
Updated March 22, 2023 at 6:18 p.m. EDT|Published March 20, 2023 at 2:43 p.m. EDT