17 Nov 2023

Gov Kim Reynolds Appoints Ashley Sparks as District Judge

By Kollin Crompton

DES MOINES, IOWA (November 17, 2023) — Governor Kim Reynolds has announced her appointment of Ashley Sparks as a district judge in Judicial Election District 2B.

Sparks, of Bondurant, Iowa, is the Owner of Sparks Law PLLC and is a Boone County Magistrate. She received an undergraduate degree from Western Illinois University, a Master’s degree from the University of Northern Iowa, and her law degree from Drake University Law School.

17 Nov 2023

Gov Kim Reynolds Extends Disaster Proclamation for Highly-Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Six Counties

By Kollin Crompton

DES MOINES, IOWA (November 17, 2023) — Governor Kim Reynolds announced the extension of a disaster proclamation for Buena Vista, Clay, Hamilton, Kossuth, Pocahontas, and Taylor Counties effective immediately through December 17, 2023. The USDA has confirmed positive cases of highly-pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in all six counties.

10 Nov 2023

Gov Kim Reynolds Issues Disaster Proclamation for Highly-Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Taylor County

By Kollin Crompton

DES MOINES, IOWA (November 10, 2023) — Governor Kim Reynolds has announced the signing of a disaster proclamation for

09 Nov 2023

Gov Kim Reynolds Extends Harvest Proclamation

By Kollin Crompton

DES MOINES, IOWA (November 9, 2023) — Governor Kim Reynolds signed an extension of the proclamation relating to the weight limits and transportation of grain, fertilizer, and manure.

08 Nov 2023

Gov Kim Reynolds Issues Statement in Response to Court Filing on Fetal Heartbeat Law

By Kollin Crompton

DES MOINES, IOWA (November 8, 2023) — Governor Kim Reynolds released the following statement in response to a brief filed today with the Iowa Supreme Court seeking to uphold the Fetal Heartbeat Law:

08 Nov 2023

Gov Kim Reynolds Issues Disaster Proclamation for Highly-Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Kossuth County

By Kollin Crompton

DES MOINES, IOWA (November 8, 2023) — Governor Kim Reynolds has announced the signing of a disaster proclamat

03 Nov 2023

Gov Kim Reynolds Issues Disaster Proclamation for Highly-Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Hamilton and Clay Counties

By Kollin Crompton

DES MOINES, IOWA (November 3, 2023) — Governor Kim Reynolds has announced the signing of a disaster proclamation for Clay and Hamilton Counties effective immediately through December 3, 2023.

01 Nov 2023

Gov Kim Reynolds and Gov Jim Pillen Lead Letter Calling on Biden to Reconsider the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ Long-Term Care Staffing Rule

By Kollin Crompton

DES MOINES, IOWA (November 1, 2023) — Governor Kim Reynolds and Governor Kim Pillen of Nebraska led a letter, joined by thirteen other Republican governors, directing President Joe Biden to reconsider the CMS proposed one-size-fits-all long-term care staffing requirements’ rule that will force many long-term care facilities to close and erode health care access for some of the nation’s most vulnerable citizens.

The letter reads as:

30 Oct 2023

Gov Kim Reynolds Announces $6.5M in New Round of Destination Iowa Funding for Tourism and Quality of Life

By Kollin Crompton

DES MOINES, IOWA (October 30, 2023) — Governor Kim Reynolds announced a new $6.5 million investment in communities to bolster tourism and quality of life through Destination Iowa. The grant initiative, which launched in 2022 with federal funding, became a state-funded initiative following approval from the Iowa legislature this year.

25 Oct 2023

Gov Kim Reynolds Provides Results on Operation Lone Star Deployment to US Southern Border

By Kollin Crompton

DES MOINES, IOWA (October 25, 2023) — Governor Kim Reynolds held a press conference to signify the safe return of 109 Iowa National Guard soldiers and 31 Department of Public Safety (DPS) law enforcement officers from their deployment to the US Southern border as part of Texas’ Operation Lone Star. The Iowa National Guard deployed from August 2 through September 1, 2023, and the DPS deployed from September 1 through October 2, 2023.

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