Articles Tagged: Kim Reynolds

The Iowa Senate voted 34-15 Tuesday to advance Gov. Kim Reynolds’ proposal to reorganize state government. Senate Democrats presented 11 amendments to the bill, most proposing to strike a proposed change and keep a state agency where it currently resides within state government. All of the Democrats’ proposals were rejected by Republicans.

Among the bills that didn't survive Friday's “funnel” deadline were those dealing with abortion as the governor’s office and legislative leaders await an Iowa Supreme Court ruling on a “heartbeat” law that would ban abortions after 6 weeks.

The three-member commission for the blind had been down to just one after one member retired and another passed away.

Gov. Kim Reynolds on Friday reappointed two regents charged with governing Iowa’s public universities and named one new appointee to the nine-member board — former Republican congressional candidate Robert Cramer.

State government reorganization, bills impacting LGBTQ students and youth, gun regulations and more were passed overnight Thursday into early Friday

The top two leading contenders in the race for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination area headed to Iowa.

The program is projected to spend roughly $315 million annually in state funding to roughly $7,600 annual scholarships for, eventually, any Iowa student to put toward private school tuition and other education-related expenses.

The state paid a Virginia-based consulting firm nearly $1 million to interview state officials and make recommendations, which are now in Reynolds’ 1,600-page bill.

Republican state lawmakers continued to advance bills opponents say target and discriminate against Iowa’s LGBTQ community.

The suit was filed in December 2021 after the governor’s office had failed to respond for up to 18 months to records requests from three separate organizations.

South Carolina U.S. Sen. Tim Scott, a prospective 2024 Republican presidential candidate, stopped in Des Moines as part of his “Faith In America” listening tour.

While the proposal restates existing law, county attorneys worry it could enable the AG to undermine their work

The head of Iowa's Department of Education is stepping down next month to pursue other opportunities, the Iowa Governor’s Office announced Friday.

Proponents of the legislation said it’s needed to help contain insurance costs for hospitals, and to help recruit and retain doctors, especially in rural areas of the state.

Representatives from Planned Parenthood Advocates of Iowa, as well as people who have experience working in and receiving care from crisis pregnancy centers, said at a news conference Wednesday the proposed $1.5 million increase in funding to the 55 centers in the state would further erode reproductive health care.