28 Apr 2025

Gov Kim Reynolds, Senate Republicans Release Joint Statement on Budget Compromise for FY 2026

By Mason Mauro

DES MOINES, IOWA (April 28, 2025) — Governor Kim Reynolds and Senate Republicans are announcing a compromise for an overall budget of $9.417 billion for Fiscal Year 2026. These targets include the education funding agreement from earlier in session.

25 Apr 2025

Gov Kim Reynolds Signs List of Bills into Law

By Mason Mauro

DES MOINES, IOWA (April 25, 2025) — Governor Kim Reynolds has signed the following bills into law:

SF 574: A bill for an act relating to retention of fees for public improvement contracts.

22 Apr 2025

Gov Kim Reynolds Signs SF 619, Disaster Relief Bill into Law

By Mason Mauro

DES MOINES, IOWA (April 22, 2025) — Governor Kim Reynolds has signed SF 619, a disaster assistance bill, into law. 

21 Apr 2025

Gov Kim Reynolds Orders Flags at Half-Staff in Honor, Remembrance of Pope Francis

By Mason Mauro

DES MOINES, IOWA (April 21, 2025) — Governor Kim Reynolds ordered all flags in Iowa to be lowered to half-staff immediately until sunset on the day of interment for His Holiness Pope Francis who died on April 21, 2025 at Vatican City. He was 88-years-old.

Gov Reynolds’ order is issued in conjunction with President Trump’s proclamation to lower the United States flag for the same amount of time.

18 Apr 2025

Gov Kim Reynolds Signs List of Bills into Law

By Mason Mauro

DES MOINES, IOWA (April 18, 2025) — Governor Kim Reynolds has signed the following bills into law:

17 Apr 2025

Gov Kim Reynolds Issues Statement on Iowa House and Senate Passing Disaster Assistance Bill

By Mason Mauro

DES MOINES, IOWA (April 17, 2025) — Governor Kim Reynolds has released the following statement in response to the Iowa House and Senate passing SF 619, a bill to exempt disaster assistance payments from state taxes, fill disaster-relief funds, provide fraud protections for home-owners in the insurance-claims process, and better prepare Iowa for future natural disasters:

15 Apr 2025

Gov Kim Reynolds Announces Submission of Federal Waiver for Medicaid Work Requirements

By Mason Mauro

DES MOINES, IOWA (April 15, 2025) — Governor Kim Reynolds is directing Iowa Health and Human Services to submit a waiver to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to establish work requirements for able-bodied Medicaid recipients.

14 Apr 2025

Gov Kim Reynolds Signs Senate File 75 into Law

By Mason Mauro

DES MOINES, IOWA (April 14, 2025) — Governor Kim Reynolds signed SF 75 into law; a bill relating to county supervisors, concerning county supervisor representation plans and county supervisor vacancies,

10 Apr 2025

Gov Kim Reynolds Issues Statement on the Passing of Kemin Industries Co-Founder RW Nelson

By Mason Mauro

DES MOINES, IOWA (April 10, 2025) — On Wednesday, April 9, Governor Kim Reynolds released the following statement on the passing of RW Nelson, co-founder of Kemin Industries:

“Kevin and I were saddened to hear of the passing of RW Nelson, who founded and built Kemin Industries into a world-class ingredients manufacturing company right here in Des Moines,” Gov Reynolds said.

09 Apr 2025

Gov Kim Reynolds Sets Date for Iowa House District 78 Special Election

By Mason Mauro

DES MOINES, IOWA (April 9, 2025) — Governor Kim Reynolds has issued a proclamation setting Tuesday, April 29, 2025, as the date for a special election in Iowa House District 78 following the resignation of Iowa State Representative Sami Scheetz on April 1, 2025.

Iowa Code section 69.14 outlines the authority given to the governor to set a special election.

The proclamation setting the date of the special election can be found online and reads as follows:

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