(DES MOINES) – Gov. Terry E. Branstad and Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds will hold their annual public budget hearings, which begin on Friday, November 15, and run through mid-December. The hearings are open to the public and credential media. Subsequent hearings will be listed in the weekly Friday public schedules. All public budget hearings will […]
(DES MOINES) – Gov. Branstad today launched an innovative new public-private partnership called Home Base Iowa, an effort that will match military veterans with jobs available across Iowa. Home Base Iowa will raise private funds to support national targeted marketing efforts to veterans, including in-person outreach, a social media campaign and outreach through military publications. […]
Books available for pick up starting on Veterans Day Iowa Korean War veterans (or one representative per family of a Korean War veteran) are invited to receive a free hardbound copy of “Korea Reborn: A Grateful Nation Honors War Veterans for 60 Years of Growth,” a commemorative gift produced in cooperation with the Republic of […]
(DES MOINES) – Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds departs Sunday, Nov. 10, for the World Forum for Direct Investment in Shanghai, China. On Tuesday, Reynolds will be the featured speaker on the forum’s opening panel to promote the state of Iowa and direct economic investment to an audience of international leaders. Joining her on the panel […]
(DES MOINES) – Gov. Terry E. Branstad yesterday signed Executive Order 83, ensuring local control in determining Iowa Core’s state academic standards and assessments. The executive order reads as follows: Executive Order Number Eighty-three WHEREAS, the Iowa Constitution encourages a strong educational foundation by providing that, “[t]he General Assembly shall encourage, by all suitable means, […]
(DES MOINES) – Gov. Terry Branstad and Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds today announced a new partnership with the Iowa Grocery Industry Association and its participating members in helping to fund the Governor’s Bullying Prevention Summit, which will be held at Hy-Vee Hall in Des Moines on Nov. 4, through scan pads found at checkout counters […]
(CHENNAI, INDIA) – Gov. Terry E. Branstad ordered flags to fly at half-staff on Tuesday, September 17, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., to honor Rockwell City Police Officer Jamie Buenting, who was killed in the line of duty last Friday morning. Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds will represent the administration at tomorrow’s funeral services. Flags […]
(DES MOINES) – Gov. Terry E. Branstad and Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds today announced that they again are inviting schools to Skype with them, following last year’s successful “Skype Your School!” effort. “We were excited to see the response to our Skype Your School initiative last school year, and are encouraging administrators, teachers and students […]
Gov. Branstad is ordering all flags in the state to be flown at half-staff from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. tomorrow to honor those who perished in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Flags will be at half-staff on the state Capitol building and on flag displays in the Capitol complex, and upon all public […]
Museum artifact to be on display at Governor Branstad and Lt. Governor Reynolds’s State Fair booth (DES MOINES) – Floppy is going to the Iowa State Fair. The Governor’s Office and the State Historical Museum of Iowa today announced that Floppy, a beagle puppet from the locally produced children’s television program from 1957- 1987, will […]
