Rep. Steven Holt, R-Crawford County, held an Iowa House Judiciary Committee meeting in Des Moines regarding a bill that would lower the age limit to buy specific guns. It looks to lower the age limit at which Iowans can buy handguns and revolvers from 21 years old to 18 years old.

DES MOINES, Iowa (Gray Media Iowa Capitol Bureau) - Some Iowa Republicans are looking to stop people from controlling the weather. Thursday, a bill banning geoengineering advanced out of an Iowa House committee. Geoengineering is the artificial manipulation of weather to try and combat climate change.

The legislation would phase out the rollback and cap the revenue that local governments are allowed to collect.

Much of Iowa saw measurable rainfall Tuesday prior to a blizzard sweeping the state Wednesday. Find out the Iowa rain totals here.

Both the House and Senate introduced separate but similar versions of the bill. House lawmakers advanced HSB 266 out of the state government committee Wednesday, while the Senate scratched SF 272 from committee discussions.

The Department of Veterans Affairs plans to lay off 15% of employees to comply with President Donald Trump's order for federal workforce cuts.

Iowa lawmakers this week hit their first ‘funnel’ deadline, which eliminated from further consideration any bills that did not receive a prescribed level of support.