DES MOINES, IOWA (August 15, 2024) — Governor Kim Reynolds has announced the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has submitted to the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) a 2025 SUN Bucks (Summer EBT program) waiver request to implement a summer feeding demonstration project aligned with our mutual goal to address summer food insecurity.

DES MOINES, IOWA (August 14, 2024) — Governor Kim Reynolds has announced that conditional awards are beginning to be approved for disaster-impacted Iowa homeowners through the state-funded Disaster Recovery Housing Assistance Program (DRHAP). The awards will allow homeowners to begin rebuilding or be reimbursed for eligible expenses incurred.  

DES MOINES, IOWA (August 8, 2024) — Governor Kim Reynolds has issued a disaster proclamation for Allamakee and Winneshiek Counties in response to severe storms that occurred on August 5 and continuing.

DES MOINES, IOWA (August 7, 2024) — Governor Kim Reynolds has issued a disaster proclamation for Polk County in response to severe storms that occurred on July 29 and continuing.

DES MOINES, IOWA (August 2, 2024) — Governor Kim Reynolds has announced a number of staff changes in the Office of the Governor.

Stan Thompson has joined the office as senior legal counsel. Thompson previously served as deputy attorney general for civil litigation in the Iowa Attorney General’s Office, executive director of the Iowa Civil Rights Commission, and 35 years in private practice at Davis Brown Law Firm in Des Moines.

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