Articles Tagged: Kim Reynolds

Instead of the nearly $40 million Legislative appropriations increase Iowa’s Board of Regents wanted in the next budget year, Gov. Kim Reynolds has recommended a $12.3 million bump — amounting to a 2.5 percent increase for each of Iowa’s public universities.

Gov. Kim Reynolds’s 2024 Condition of the State address was heavy on claims about education in Iowa, but she also talked about the economy and health care challenges facing our state. The Gazette’s Fact Checker team checked nine of those statements -- which Reynolds used to bolster some of her key legislative priorities -- and gave her A’s, B’s and C’s for accuracy.

Reynolds proposes reducing the state income tax rate to 3.5% by next year.

In her annual Condition of the State address, the governor touts plan to raise teacher pay and reform area education agencies.

But Democrats say more accountability is needed following reports of neglect.

Just before the new year, a federal judge in Iowa temporarily enjoined the implementation of parts of Senate File 496, …

Recap of news from across the state

Gov. Kim Reynolds, Ron DeSantis allies say remarks insult Iowans

The warnings came during a public hearing in advance of a state board meeting Jan. 12 to review feedback and further consider rules for the implementation of a law - currently blocked by the courts -- that would ban most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy.

Commenters on Wednesday said the proposed rules did not go far enough in clarifying the intent of the legislation and would lead to far too many books being removed from school library shelves.

The governor heard from groups requesting additional tax cuts, as well as support for child care, apprenticeships and mental health services during a public hearing Wednesday.

Both play big roles as Iowa’s workforce continues to be limited across all industry sectors.

On Friday, Dec. 22, Gov. Kim Reynolds and the heads of the Iowa Departments of Education and Health and Human …

Most of the new state law is temporarily blocked while the federal courts hear legal challenges that claim it violates First Amendment rights to free speech

"He thought he was entitled to my endorsement and nobody is entitled to anything," the Iowa governor said. "You have to step up. You have to earn it, you have to make your case."