State Governor
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11 charter schools get grants from COVID relief fund
With federal dollars allowed for supporting students impacted by the pandemic, Gov. Kim Reynolds named the 11 charter schools that will receive the nearly $4 million.
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Felony on your record? You can likely still vote in Iowa; here’s how
If you’ve been convicted of a felony charge in Iowa, but you’ve served your time, you could be eligible to vote this November. Whether those who have a felony on their record can vote, and when that happens, varies widely across the US: In three places (Maine, Vermont, Washington DC), you never lose your right…
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Project 2025 is already happening in Iowa
Here are five things from Project 2025 that have already been implemented in the Hawkeye State. By now, you’ve probably already heard about Project 2025, a detailed and intricate plan created by the right-wing Heritage Foundation to completely overhaul the federal government and the American way of life under a second Trump presidency. Project 2025…
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Reynolds encourages D-SNAP despite cutting SNAP
The governor’s comments encouraging emergency food assistance after disasters, or D-SNAP, comes despite a history of blocking and cutting state supplemental programs for Iowans in need. The Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also known as D-SNAP, is now available to Iowans in four counties impacted by the flooding that began on June 16. Despite previously…
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Gov. Reynolds announces programs to fund recovery for victims of state floods, tornados
Following a summer of disastrous floods and tornadoes, Gov. Kim Reynolds announced multiple new programs to help impacted farmers and citizens recover from damages. “We’ve all seen the photos of the neighborhoods that have been leveled, of towns completely underwater, and they’re heartbreaking,” Reynolds said during a Thursday press conference. “To see it firsthand is…
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Iowa’s statewide elected officials react to abortion ban
Iowa Republicans celebrated while Iowa Democrats lamented after the Iowa Supreme Court allowed the state’s six-week abortion ban to take effect on Friday.
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How we got here: Iowa’s abortion ban was years in the making
Well before the Iowa Supreme Court ended an injunction that blocked the state’s near-total abortion ban from taking effect, anti-abortion activists and Republican lawmakers—including Gov. Kim Reynolds—laid a foundation for the ruling. Sen. Pam Jochum remembers what it was like to live in Iowa when abortion was still illegal outside of extreme circumstances. “When I…
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Reynolds declined Summer EBT. Now, an Iowa food pantry is breaking records
Over 2,000 people were assisted at a DMARC food pantry, a new single-day record The Des Moines Area Religious Council (DMARC) assisted 2,080 individuals across its 14 permanent food pantry sites on Tuesday, setting a new record for the organization that has provided food assistance for nearly 50 years. “The summer has always put additional…
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Reynolds announces $7 million grant program for charter schools
Gov. Kim Reynolds says this will expand charter schools in Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds announced in a Friday release she was creating a $7 million grant program to help fund new and existing charter schools in Iowa. The release does not specify where the funds for the program are coming from, but it will provide…
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Her kid needs CBD to control his seizures. A new Iowa law makes it a crime
In trying to prevent Iowans from accessing THC in consumable hemp, Republicans now made it illegal for parents to give their children CBD—for some, the only seizure medication that works. Dallas Center mom Erin Farquhar remembers lobbying Iowa legislators years ago to legalize the CBD medication she needs to keep her son’s seizures and behavioral…
