DES MOINES, IOWA (March 23, 2020) — Governor Kim Reynolds announced that first-quarter unemployment tax payments that are due April 30 will be delayed till the end of the 2nd quarter, July 31, 2020. Eligible employers include those employers with 50 or fewer employees. Eligible employers also must be in good standing with no delinquencies in quarterly payments.

DES MOINES, IOWA (March 23, 2020) — On 22 March, Governor Kim Reynolds signed a new proclamation continuing the State Public Health Emergency Declaration. The proclamation includes additional mandatory closures, relaxes certain restrictions to promote additional social distancing and provides regulatory relief to Iowa health care industries, among other actions outlined in the proclamation below.

DES MOINES, IOWA (March 23, 2020) — Governor Kim Reynolds will hold a press conference today from the State Emergency Operations Center (SEOC) in Johnston, Iowa, 2:30PM, to provide an update to the state of Iowa on COVID-19. That press conference will be live-streamed and posted in full on Gov Reynolds’ Facebook Page. Monday, March 23, 2020 Gov. Reynolds to hold Press Conference State Emergency Operations Center 7105 NW 78th Ave Johnston, IA 2:30PM

DES MOINES, IOWA (March 23, 2020) — On March 21, Governor Kim Reynolds announced that the US Small Business Administration (SBA) has issued a disaster declaration for the state of Iowa as of January 31, 2020 and continuing. The declaration allows pandemic-impacted small businesses to apply for low-interest support loans. The declaration comes after Gov Kim Reynolds submitted a federal-funding request via the SBA’s Economic Injury Disaster Loan program.