Iowa's House advances bill on stricter open meetings laws and considers a classroom phone ban.

Iowa's House passed a bill increasing penalties for violating open meetings and records laws, and is nearing final approval on a ban on classroom phones in public schools. The state's women's basketball team suffered their largest defeat of the season against Oklahoma. Meanwhile, new men's basketball coach Ben McCollum takes over a team with several players in the transfer portal. Other updates include the treatment of two deaths in Bettendorf as a potential murder-suicide and plans for a scientific discussion event in Peoria with local engineer Rayme Traub.