Iowa is in a shrinking minority of states that do not offer coverage under Medicaid to new mothers for 12 months after they give birth, and lawmakers are not likely to extend the coverage this year.
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Iowa is in a shrinking minority of states that do not offer coverage under Medicaid to new mothers for 12 months after they give birth, and lawmakers are not likely to extend the coverage this year.
Also, new website aims to connect veterans with jobs in Iowa
On this week’s edition of the On Iowa Politics podcast: School swatting calls, Iowa’s baseball bill, Reynolds’ birth control bill, eminent domain, K-12 education policy and more.
Justices will be asked to clear way for ‘fetal heartbeat’ bill
The bills are part of House Democrats’ “People Over Politics” legislative agenda they proposed at the beginning of the legislative session.
Iowa was one of only four states to turn down $3 million in federal money for planning to prevent climate change after a state official advised against it because there were “strings attached.”
Gov. Kim Reynolds said Tuesday she wants to let the lawmaking process play out before throwing her support behind the final measure.
Also, governor adds 6 more counties to disaster declaration
Iowa House to weigh asset tests after passage by Senate
The new law reduces the number of cabinet-level state agencies from 37 to 16, and eliminates hundreds of vacant state government positions.
Iowa will pay multinational firm CGI nearly $40 million over 10 years for a cloud-based financial management system after dumping Workday.
Estimate comes from nonpartisan Legislative Services Agency
Majority-party Republicans on the Iowa Senate’s budget committee on Monday advanced four bills that were, effectively, mere placeholders with no actual budget numbers in them.
Marvin “Pete” Jacobs, 87, died Feb. 19 while sitting in his room at the Fonda Specialty Care facility in Pocahontas County. Jacobs had undergone a tracheostomy, and because his airway tended to become clogged, the staff kept a suctioning machine by his bedside.
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