WASHINGTON, D.C. – Republican Congressman Steve King has reintroduced a bill in Washington that would make English the official language of the United States. The English Language Unity Act would declare English as our official language and require all people seeking naturalization to pass an English test.

OTTUMWA, IA (IRN) – An Ottumwa man shot himself in the head while police were pursuing him. KTVO-TV reports police received a report that 22-year-old Zachary Lee Davidson had been seen walking along a city street. Davidson was wanted on outstanding arrest warrants. Police located him and he ran from officers to a residential yard where he got out a firearm and shot himself. He’s in critical condition.

BENTON COUNTY, IA (IRN) – An elderly man and his son died in a fire in Benton County early this morning while a daughter was able to jump out a window. KCRG-TV reports the woman suffered injuries and was taken to a hospital. Firefighters are searching for a cause.

RUNNELLS, IA (IRN) – One person died in a rollover crash that happened early Monday morning near Runnells in Polk County. When deputies arrived, they found a white Ford pickup with a trailer attached in the ditch upside down. Rescue crews began life-saving efforts, but the driver of the pickup died at the scene.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – More than 1,000 people packed a public hearing room at the Iowa Statehouse to protest Republican sponsored changes in the state’s collective bargaining law that would impact an estimated 184,000 state workers. WHO-TV reports critics dominated the two-hour public hearing. The bill takes away most of the issues unions can negotiate on behalf of their workers, except for wages. Republicans say they were elected to save taxpayer dollars.

AMES, IA (IRN) – Iowa State University has lost an appeal in a federal free speech lawsuit. KCCI-TV reports the court ruled Monday that ISU administrators violated the First Amendment rights of two students who were officers of the ISU chapter of the National Organization for Reform of Marijuana Laws. The students planned to print T-shirts depicting the school mascot and a marijuana leaf, but school officials claimed it violated the school’s trademark policy. The court ruled in favor of the students.