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🌽Cornhole Champions #7 – Condition of the State (with Gov. Kim Reynolds)
Toss some bags and talk through the governor’s priorities for new Iowa laws. Bright ideas: Iowa DOGE, paying childcare workers more, banning cell phones, and pots of beans. 🌽Cornhole Champions #7 – Condition of the State (with Gov. Kim Reynolds) by Zachary Oren Smith Toss some bags and talk through the governor’s priorities for new…
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Clinton County Republican gets help from former US Rep. Steve King in special election
Republican Katie Whittington is getting some help from a white nationalist former congressman in the special election to replace Sen. Chris Cournoyer’s District 35 seat. But Whittington is erasing that support from her Facebook. Before January ends, there will be a special election over in Clinton County to fill a vacant state Senate seat. And…
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Anti-hunger advocates still see options to fight IA’s hunger crisis
As the hunger crisis worsens in Iowa and Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds again rejected federal money for summer feeding programs, anti-hunger advocates say they’re not giving up on finding ways to get people help.
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Read Gov. Kim Reynolds Condition of the State
An Iowa DOGE. Statewide bans on cell phones in classrooms. And incentives for practicing medicine in Iowa. Read Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds’ Condition of the State address. Tuesday night, Gov. Kim Reynolds delivered her annual Condition of the State address to a joint conference of the Iowa Legislature. Shortly before the speech, reporters were given…
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Auditor Sand proposes accountability measures, accountant incentive
Iowa Republicans have been at work limiting the powers of Iowa’s sole statewide Democrat Auditor Rob Sand. As the session opened, he released some proposals aimed at greater government accountability and addressing the accountant shortage. State Auditor Rob Sand won’t stop talking about PIE. His Public Innovations and Efficiencies program encourages local governments to find…
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Confident Republicans promise more of the same in 2025 legislative session, target local government
Republican legislators swaggered back to Des Moines with deeper ranks. Despite eight years of one-party rule, Iowa legislative Republicans say there’s more cuts to be made. The Iowa Capitol buzzed Monday morning, crowded with freshmen legislators jockeying for seat selections and bored family members waiting around for the swearing-in ceremony. With the sound of the…
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‘This is what grief has looked like for me’—ISL editor opens up about spouse’s death
Amie Rivers returns to work after taking time off to grieve the death of her spouse.
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Rook Room, new board game lounge and cafe, to open in Des Moines
Des Moines will get a new space to play boardgames and socialize this spring with the opening of the Rook Room Game Lounge & Cafe.
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Iowa child labor protections rolled back further with new rules
Iowa started rolling back protections for child workers in 2023, and new child labor rules were published Wednesday to roll more protections back.
