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Gov. Kim Reynolds signs bills on election recounts, voter citizenship verification

Gov. Kim Reynolds was joined by Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate, legislators and county auditors in her office June 2, 2025 as she signed into law two bills from the 2025 legislative session related to Iowa elections. (Photo courtesy the Iowa Secretary of State’s office)

by Robin Opsahl, Iowa Capital Dispatch June 2, 2025 Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signed two bills related to Iowa’s election laws Monday, making changes to the state’s citizenship verification for voting and election recount processes. Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate, alongside several county auditors and some of the lawmakers who worked on the bills […]

Advocates seek governor’s consideration on eminent domain, PBM, 911 service boards

The Iowa Capitol on May 8, 2025. (Photo by Cami Koons/Iowa Capitol Dispatch)

by Robin Opsahl, Iowa Capital Dispatch May 29, 2025 As Gov. Kim Reynolds weighs which bills to sign into law from the 2025 legislative session, some organizations and local officials are asking the governor to reject certain measures approved by lawmakers. The governor has until June 14 to sign into law bills passed during the […]

Gov. Kim Reynolds signs into law rural health care, medical residency expansion proposal

Gov. Kim Reynolds signed two healthcare bills into law at the Guthrie County Hospital in Guthrie Center May 28, 2025, including her proposal to increase rural health care accessibility. (Photo by Robin Opsahl/Iowa Capital Dispatch)

by Robin Opsahl, Iowa Capital Dispatch May 28, 2025 Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signed into law Wednesday her legislative proposal to increase physician training options and rural health care accessibility, a step she said will help ease burdens on rural hospitals and increase patients’ health outcomes across the state. Reynolds signed House File 972 at […]

Iowa crops in good condition following ‘unseasonably cool and wet’ conditions last week

Iowa had below average temperatures and above average precipitation last week, according to the weekly crop report. (Photo by Cami Koons/Iowa Capital Dispatch)

by Cami Koons, Iowa Capital Dispatch May 27, 2025 Iowa’s statewide temperatures were nearly 10 degrees Fahrenheit below normal last week, and the state had almost double the normal amount of precipitation, according to State Climatologist Justin Glisan. The rain came at a good time following corn and soybean planting, which is more than 90% […]

Joe Biden diagnosed with a ‘more aggressive form’ of prostate cancer

President Joe Biden delivers his farewell address to the nation from the Oval Office of the White House on Jan. 15, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Mandel Ngan – Pool/Getty Images)

by Jane Norman, Iowa Capital Dispatch May 18, 2025 WASHINGTON — Former President Joe Biden has been diagnosed with “a more aggressive form” of prostate cancer, according to a statement from his office on Sunday. The statement said Biden, 82, last week was seen for a new finding of a prostate nodule after experiencing increasing […]

‘Four years and another day’: Senators punt long-awaited eminent domain debate

Landowners opposed to carbon sequestration pipelines shout at senators for declining to debate an eminent domain bill Friday. (Photo by Cami Koons/Iowa Capital Dispatch)

by Cami Koons, Iowa Capital Dispatch May 9, 2025 “Shame, shame, shame,” a red-shirted group chanted from a Senate gallery after a full day waiting for senators to debate a bill impacting carbon sequestration pipelines. A group of landowners has been pushing lawmakers to take up the issue around property rights for four years. They, […]

Iowa House and Senate Republicans reach budget agreement

The rotunda in Iowa Capitol as seen May 8, 2025. (Photo by Robin Opsahl/Iowa Capital Dispatch)

by Robin Opsahl, Iowa Capital Dispatch May 8, 2025 Majority-party lawmakers in the Legislature have reached a budget agreement, House Republicans announced Thursday, signaling the 2025 legislative session is nearing an end. In a news release, House and Senate Republicans released the spending figures from their budget agreement — a total of $9.425 billion in […]

Senate panel hears feedback on latest version of Iowa property tax bill

Sen. Dan Dawson, R-Council Bluffs and Rep. Bobby Kaufmann, R-Wilton talk to reporters March 6, 2025 about their property tax proposal. The updated version of this package was discussed in a subcommittee meeting May 7. (Photo by Robin Opsahl/Iowa Capital Dispatch)

by Robin Opsahl, Iowa Capital Dispatch May 7, 2025 The latest version of a property tax bill discussed by a Senate subcommittee Wednesday is still expected to go through changes before a floor vote — but Sen. Dan Dawson, R-Council Bluffs, said it’s still a priority to pass legislation on the issue this year. Restraining […]

Iowa receives federal waiver for summer nutrition program 

USDA approved a waiver from Iowa to implement its own program to distribute food to families in need over the summer. (Photo by Lance Cheung/USDA)

by Cami Koons, Iowa Capital Dispatch May 7, 2025 The U.S. Department of Agriculture has approved the Healthy Kids Iowa demonstration project in lieu of the federal government’s summer nutrition program for children, Gov. Kim Reynolds announced Wednesday. A press release from the governor’s office called the program an alternative to the federal program that […]

‘We call it betrayal’: Veterans join Dems in D.C. to protest Trump’s sweeping VA job cuts

Democratic Rep. Chris Deluzio of Pennsylvania joins veterans protesting the Trump administration’s proposed cuts to the Department of Veterans Affairs on Tuesday, May 6, 2025, outside the U.S. Capitol. (Photo by Ashley Murray/States Newsroom)

by Ashley Murray, Iowa Capital Dispatch May 6, 2025 WASHINGTON — Veterans and Democratic lawmakers on Capitol Hill Tuesday protested the Trump administration’s planned cuts for the Department of Veterans Affairs that include slashing some 80,000 jobs, which many worry will affect the massive agency’s delivery of medical care and benefits. The group rallied outside […]

                 

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