DES MOINES, IOWA (April 16, 2025) — Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird has announced the launch of the new Iowa Cold Case playing card deck to help crack Iowa’s more than 400 unsolved murders. The announcement was made in a press conference at the Des Moines Police Department. Speakers at the press conference also included:

MOLINE, ILLINOIS (April 16, 2025) — Sometimes, the simplest things mean the most — like a hot meal when everything else is lost.

That’s what a handful of big-hearted BBQ pitmasters believed back in 2011 when a devastating tornado tore through Joplin, Missouri. In the wake of unimaginable loss, they did what they knew best: Fired up their smokers, rolled up their sleeves, and got to work.

SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS (April 15, 2025) — As one of the largest business organizations in the State — representing over 3,000 employers of every size, sector, and industry the Illinois Chamber of Commerce has heard from our members on this issue loudly and clearly: real reform and real solutions are necessary now to achieve mass transit-reform; and address the looming $770 million funding cliff.

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.

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,

DES MOINES, IOWA (April 14, 2025) — In a report issued today, the Iowa Attorney General’s Office has concluded that the February 22, 2025, fatal shooting of Vicente Manzo Hernandez by a Sioux City police officer was legally justified.

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.

DES MOINES, IOWA (April 10, 2025) — Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird has announced that she is leading 27 states in asking the Trump Administration to continue combatting the flood of illegal Chinese e-cigarettes into the U.S. that target kids.

GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN (April 10, 2025) — Scholars, advocates, and policymakers have long expressed the concern that many private schools receiving tax-payer subsidies through voucher programs would fail to serve children with disabilities. The Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty, in collaboration with School Choice Wisconsin, recently published a report challenging those concerns.

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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