IowaPolitics.com said hundreds of pieces of proposed legislation are in jeopardy as Iowa lawmakers thin their legislative agendas. Set to be discarded during the legislature’s so-called funnel week, are bills that would ban texting while driving; consider the public financing of elections; standardize weapons permits; protect bicyclists and other vulnerable users of a highway, including pedestrians, horseback riders and people driving a tractor; and require school districts to adopt policies on dating violence.

Principal Financial Group Inc. will release its year-end earnings results at 3 p.m. today, with a news conference scheduled for 9 a.m. Tuesday to discuss the results. A consensus of Wall Street analysts predicts a profit of 65 cents per share on revenues of $2.51 billion, according to TradersHuddle.com.

The Iowa Academy of Ophthalmology has launched a statewide program to provide discounted laser correction surgery to Iowa National Guard soldiers being deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq in 2010. Wearing contact lenses in Afghanistan is impossible due to the “moon dust” that permeates everything; and glasses are inherently dangerous in combat due to possible loss or breakage, the academy said in a news release. The National Guard has distributed a list of participating practices to all interested and eligible soldiers.

The Des Moines Business Record is hosting Innovate Iowa, a free breakfast event that will explore ways to build on Iowa’s life science and education investments, from 7:15 to 9 a.m. Tuesday at The Des Moines Club, 666 Grand Ave., 34th floor. For more information or to register, go to www.businessrecord.com.