A legislative group voted to recommend a bill prohibiting DEI in higher education activities, services, offices, faculty positions, training and required courses.

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The lawmaker who introduced a bill to ban diversity, equity, and inclusion offices at Iowa's community colleges pulled the plug on the proposal Wednesday. During the bill's subcommittee hearing, Rep. Taylor Collins, R-Mediapolis, said community colleges have already taken steps to remove DEI programs.

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After much debate, bill to prohibit DEI policies at Idaho colleges moves forward

Washington state's attorney general is standing by Costco as the retail giant resists conservative pressure to ditch its diversity, equity and inclusion practices.This week, 19 Republican attorneys general sent a letter to Costco, urging the retail giant to end "all unlawful discrimination imposed by the company" through its "divisive" DEI policies. The attorney general for Washington state, where Costco's headquarters are located, defended the …

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DES MOINES, Iowa -- Iowa House Republicans considered different proposals regarding diversity, equity, and inclusion offices and course curriculum. On Wednesday afternoon, a Higher Education subcommittee considered a bill that would apply what lawmakers passed last session for the state board of regents to community colleges. The bill would prohibit DEI offices on community college campuses. "Community colleges are often the most accessible and …

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Iowa AG vowing to ‘look at all options’ if Costco refuses to abandon DEI policies Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird on Costco doubling down on DEI practices despite pressure from 19 state attorneys general to abandon the scrutinized practices. Washington state’s attorney general is standing by Costco as the retail giant resists conservative pressure to ditch its diversity, equity and inclusion practices. 
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Lawmakers in Idaho accused Boise State University officials of skirting a statewide ban on diversity, equity and inclusion during a House education committee meeting Tuesday, according to reporting from Idaho Education News.

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Iowa House Higher Education Committee members moved a number of bills relating to public universities to the full committee Wednesday. (Photo by Perry Beeman/Iowa Capital Dispatch)In the last of several higher education subcommittees Wednesday, Rep. Ross Wilburn, D-Ames, shared a personal story of discrimination he experienced in order to explain why the tenets of diversity, equity and inclusion matter. After writing a letter to the editor in re…

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Washington state’s attorney general is standing by Costco as the retail giant resists conservative pressure to ditch its diversity, equity and inclusion practices. This week, 19 Republican attorneys general sent a letter to Costco, urging the retail giant to end “all unlawful discrimination imposed by the company” through its “divisive” DEI policies.  The attorney general for Washington state, where Costco’s headquarters are located, defended th…

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The bill's sponsor, Sen. Nicole Boyd, R-Oxford, said the goal of the taskforce is not to close universities.

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Anti-DEI bill would create taskforce to study 'efficiency' in university system

As diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives are targeted and erased across the U.S. federal government, the Johnson County Board of Supervisors discussed dispersing over $10,000 to pro-LGBTQ+ organizations at their Wednesday work session meeting. Representatives of multiple LGBTQ+ support organizations presented at the work session in the hopes of receiving grant funding. Johnson County’s Transgender Advisory Committee discussed providing fu…

After much debate, bill to prohibit DEI policies at Idaho colleges moves forward

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