Iowa Legislature adjourns 2023 session that saw major changes to education, state government

Iowa lawmakers have adjourned their 2023 legislative session, one that saw Republicans make fundamental changes to the state's education system and the structure of state government. The final gavel fell at 12:33 p.m. Thursday. Lawmakers packed up their desk supplies in cardboard boxes before trickling out of the Capitol and traveling back to their districts around the state. Republicans, who control both legislative chambers, were able to deliver nearly every priority that Gov. Kim Reynolds laid out in her Condition of the State address in January. "Not everything comes out...