DES MOINES, IOWA (January 23, 2023) — State Auditor Rob Sand today released the following statement:

Whether you call them ESAs or vouchers, as Iowa's tax-payer watchdog, I am alarmed by the intentional lack of transparency and accountability under the proposed legislation.

This bill gives private schools your tax dollars, and gives you no right to know what they are doing with them.

DES MOINES, IOWA (January 20, 2023) — Governor Kim Reynolds released the following open letter to the state of Iowa:

A strong education system is foundational to Iowa’s future, which is why school choice continues to be a priority of mine and of families across our great state.

WEST DES MOINES, IOWA (January 20, 2023) — Linn County Sheriff Brian D Gardner will serve as the 2023 President of the Iowa State Association of Counties (ISAC). President Gardner began his term on January 1, 2023. He and other members of the ISAC Board of Directors and Executive Committee were sworn in by former Linn County Recorder and ISAC Past President Joan McCalmant during the Association’s January board meeting.

DES MOINES, IOWA (January 17, 2023) — Governor Kim Reynolds has announced $40 million in funding to help complete Phase 2 of Iowa State University (ISU)’s Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory (VDL).

The Governor has also proposed in her budget an additional $20M from the Rebuild Iowa Infrastructure Fund (RIIF) — $10M in FY24 and $10M in FY25 — to total $60M in state support for the VDL project.