Iowa Senate votes to end gender balance rule for boards, commission

The Iowa Senate has voted to repeal a law that requires state and local boards and commissions to have an equal number of men and women. Iowa was the first state in the nation to pass a gender balance requirement and Governor Kim Reynolds is asking lawmakers to end it. Republican Senator Annette Sweeney of Iowa Falls said she never wants to learn she’s been selected as the “token female” on a board. “I want to be there because I earned it,” Sweeney said. “I want to be there because...