Advocates hope the governor’s plan to combine mental health and substance use treatment networks will improve access for Iowans. But some worry that until other funding issues are addressed — like low Medicaid reimbursement rates — “We're just rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic.”
Also, the Iowa House passes legislation that would cap tuition and limit diversity, equity and inclusion programs at the state’s three public universities
Republicans say the proposal expands post-partum care for low-income Iowans who need it most, while Democrats say it expands care for some low-income Iowans at the expense of coverage for others.
Last week was “funnel week” at the Iowa Statehouse — the deadline for legislation to pass out of committee in …
Exemplifying the position’s charge to represent the “diversity of the people and poetry of Iowa,” University of Northern Iowa English Professor Vince Gotera has been named the state’s fifth poet laureate.
Previous attempts to pass the bill have met with resistance in the Iowa House, which held this year’s first hearing on Gov. Kim Reynolds’ proposal.
Some school leaders feel their districts aren’t getting enough out of abnormally-governed AEA model
Reynolds’ campaign finished 2023 with nearly $1.7 million, her campaign said.
Reynolds proposes reducing the state income tax rate to 3.5% by next year.
On Friday, Dec. 22, Gov. Kim Reynolds and the heads of the Iowa Departments of Education and Health and Human …
Sales tax revenue continues strong growth, helping to offset revenue reductions resulting from recently enacted state income tax cuts.
Fewer workers means fewer laid-off workers — but was law change a factor?
Gov. Kim Reynolds also said the state’s executive branch is now operating under its newly restructured and streamlined format, as planned in a new state law approved by Republicans earlier this year.
Instead, the Iowa Supreme Court should have let the 2018 fetal heartbeat law go into effect
Abortion rights advocates held a rally in the rotunda and far outnumbered abortion restriction advocates during a long and loud day at the Iowa Capitol.
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