Iowa households that rely on food assistance will begin receiving their long-delayed November SNAP benefits after Congress ended the 43-day federal government shutdown, the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services announced Thursday.
In August, Gov. Kim Reynolds said the mission will “free up local ICE officials to continue their work outside the office to enforce the law and keep our state safe.”
Larry McKibben, a former state senator, longtime Marshalltown attorney and past member of the Iowa Board of Regents, died Sunday at age 78.
The federal lawsuit, which is similar to a state lawsuit brought by President Donald Trump, was dismissed on First Amendment grounds.
A former state public health spokeswoman alleged she was fired in 2020 for fulfilling open records requests to journalists during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Gov. Kim Reynolds’ “Healthy Hometowns” plan aims to modernize rural hospitals with federal aid from a new $50 billion fund — but health leaders warn it won’t fully offset sweeping Medicaid reductions.
Grassley and Reynolds honored the late Dick Cheney for his life in public service.
The funding to opioid addition treatment programs is one of the first publicly announced allocations of the millions of dollars available to Iowa through a national settlement against pharmaceutical companies over opioid addiction
Iowa anti-hunger advocates said rulings by two federal judges that order the Trump administration to fund the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program using contingency funds during the government shutdown offer some hope, but not immediate relief to the hundreds of thousands of Iowans who rely on the federal food aid program.
Gov. Kim Reynolds on Thursday announced plans to deploy the Iowa National Guard, match $1 million in food bank donations and recruit volunteers to help feed families if federal SNAP benefits stop Nov. 1 amid the federal government shutdown.
The College Community elementary school is 1 of 4 to earn the recognition in the former federal program now operated by the state.
Gov. Kim Reynolds was among the speakers at the opening of Radix Recovery, a new drug and alcohol addiction treatment center housed in the former Higley Mansion in southeast Cedar Rapids.
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds talked with local leaders about ways to reduce property taxes and streamline government operations during a visit to Peosta in Dubuque County on Thursday.
Gov. Kim Reynolds has ordered Iowa HHS to work with food banks as federal officials warn that SNAP benefits may not go out Nov. 1. Food pantries say they’re already seeing higher demand and they’re bracing for a surge if payments are disrupted.
Senate File 75 requires Iowa counties home to one of Iowa’s three Regent universities to elect their county supervisors by districts, rather than at-large. All three counties — Johnson, Black Hawk and Story — currently have Democratic-leaning boards and elect supervisors countywide.
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