Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:40 a.m. CST

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Gov. Kim Reynolds plans to sign education funding bills sent to her last week by lawmakers providing a 2 percent increase in state per-pupil funding for the budget year beginning in July. Reynolds has scheduled a bill signing event for this (Tuesday) morning at the Iowa Capitol. The measures would boost per-pupil support from the state general fund to nearly $3.3 billion. Democrats had proposed an amendment that would have provided 3 percent but Republicans holding a majority of votes rejected it.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats hoping to unseat President Donald Trump in 2020 are courting the party’s famous freshmen. It’s an unprecedented pursuit of congressional newcomers that started even before they flipped the House to Democratic control in November. The new lawmakers with the fullest dance cards are New York’s Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and those from early voting states such as New Hampshire, South Carolina and Iowa.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Gov. Kim Reynolds says she has decided not to appeal an Iowa judge’s ruling last month that struck down Iowa’s “fetal heartbeat” abortion law, which would have been the most restrictive anti-abortion law in the nation. Reynolds says it was “an extremely difficult decision” but is the right one for the state and for those who oppose abortion.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A special election to fill an Iowa Senate seat vacated last week when Sen. Jeff Danielson resigned will be held next month. Gov. Kim Reynolds on Monday issued a proclamation that sets the special election for March 19 for the eastern Iowa district which covers Cedar Falls, Hudson and parts of Waterloo in Black Hawk County.