Government & Politics

Also, Marion adopts 1-year pause on certain commercial uses in growing areas

Earlier this year, for the current fiscal 2024 budget — covering the time period from July 1 through June 30, 2024 — the three-member supervisors board made proposed spending cuts after already drafting a budget to fill a $1.74 million gap from a bill correcting a state error that left local governments down millions in expected revenue

Republican presidential candidate Tim Scott abruptly announced late Sunday that he was dropping out of the 2024 race, a development that surprised his donors and stunned his campaign staff just two months before the start of voting in Iowa's leadoff GOP caucuses.

Any Iowa hospital or clinic seeking Medicaid payment for providing an abortion would need approval from the state’s most prominent abortion opponent: Gov. Kim Reynolds. In more than six years as governor, she has never been asked to approve a Medicaid payment for an abortion.

Pharmacies across Iowa have closed at an alarming rate over the past decade-plus, partly because insurance payouts don't cover drug costs. Iowa Republican U.S. Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks and colleagues this week introduced a proposal that would tackle practices used by pharmacy benefit managers that drive up costs for prescription medications.

State law does not dictate when that decision must be made, but those who are participating in the proceedings will have an opportunity to submit substantial written arguments based on the evidence gathered during the hearing.

On the podcast this week, Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds breaks with tradition and endorses in the caucuses, Tuesday’s election results provide some interesting insights and possible backlash, and the latest Republican presidential debate.

The REAP grant will go toward native plants, trails and recreational amenities on the historic grounds