(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 […]
The Iowa Gold Star Military Museum, located at Camp Dodge in Johnston, Iowa, will host “Purple Heart Day: Celebrating Iowa Veterans,” from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 10. A brief ceremony begins at 11 a.m., followed by a complimentary lunch and museum tours. As always, the public and media are welcome to attend […]
(DES MOINES) – Gov. Terry E. Branstad today has ordered all flags in Iowa be flown at half-staff from 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. Thursday, August 1, 2013, in honor of Iowa native, retired Col. George “Bud” Day. Day’s funeral will be on Thursday, August 1, 2013 in Shalimar, Florida and he will be buried […]
(DES MOINES) – Governor Terry Branstad, Lt. Governor Kim Reynolds and Iowa Department of Transportation Director Paul Trombino III, today unveiled the new online driver’s license renewal system. Nearly 284,000 Iowa drivers will be eligible to renew their driver’s licenses or identification cards 24-hours a day, seven days a week from any computer or mobile […]
