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The public task force is charged with making government efficiency recommendations to Gov. Kim Reynolds and state lawmakers later this year.

Iowans raised concerns over record-high egg prices, sweeping reciprocal tariffs on U.S. imports and cuts to the Social Security Administration during a telephone town hall Wednesday evening hosted by Iowa Republican U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson.

For the first time since the Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa began over 50 years ago, the ride will veer out of state — taking it 15 miles into Minnesota on its second day this summer.

Wall Street shuddered, and a level of shock unseen since COVID’s outbreak tore through financial markets worldwide Thursday on worries about the damage President Donald Trump’s newest set of tariffs could do to economies across continents, including his own.

Also, the Iowa House halted a bill that would have changed the makeup of boards that nominate Iowa judges.

The bill, named “Mason’s Law,” would create a pediatric palliative care license to establish residential care facilities for those under 21 with chronic and life-threatening illnesses who are expected to have shortened life expectancies.

A computer error mistakenly sent notices to Park Cedar Rapids customers notifying them their vehicles could be towed, booted or impounded.

President Donald Trump, during a ceremony Wednesday, held up a chart while speaking, showing the United States would charge a 34 percent tax on imports from China, a 20 percent tax on imports from the European Union, 25 percent on South Korea, 24 percent on Japan and 32 percent on Taiwan.