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March 24, 2025 29 mins

Laura Belin and Spencer Dirks begin with Iowa angles on Trump administration news: Governor Kim Reynolds cheered the order dismantling the U.S. Department of Education, Senator Chuck Grassley dealt with angry crowds at his town halls, Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks stuck close to the president, Attorney General Brenna Bird backed efforts to deport alleged gang members, and Trump's DOJ dropped a legal challenge to an Iowa immigration law. Other topics covered: Iowa legislative action on numerous bills related to education and DEI, supervisor elections in Democratic-leaning counties, a ban on "smuggling," a last-minute hit on apprenticeship programs, a failed effort to force a Senate floor debate on eminent domain, and a House Republican authorizing the distribution of an extremist Christian pamphlet.

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