Once again, Reynolds has been mum about her priorities for the Legislature. The rough strokes of her plan finally got a public recounting Tuesday with the Condition of the State address.
To a packed Iowa House floor and repeated standing ovations, Gov. Kim Reynolds rattled through childcare and energy, Medicaid regulations and cancer research.
On this episode of Cornhole Champions, host Zachary Oren Smith chats with Iowa Starting Line’s community editor Amie Rivers about important takeaways form the governor’s proposals.
Links
1. Read Gov. Kim Reynolds full speech (Iowa Starting Line): https://iowastartingline.com/news/politics/kim-reynolds-condition-state_full//
2. Child care gaps in rural America threaten to undercut small communities (Iowa Capital Dispatch): https://iowacapitaldispatch.com/2024/01/02/child-care-gaps-in-rural-america-threaten-to-undercut-small-communities/
3. March of Dimes report on maternity care deserts in the US (March of Dimes): https://www.marchofdimes.org/peristats/data?reg=99&top=23&stop=641&lev=1&slev=4&obj=9&sreg=19
4. Quad-Cities schools restrict cell phone use to recapture learning time (The Quad-City Times): https://qctimes.com/news/local/education/cell-phones-in-schools-quad-cities-new-policies-restrictions/article_e841cb28-5668-11ef-95e3-1b15b48d8b30.html
