DES MOINES – Today, Governor Kim Reynolds and Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency Secretary Andrew Wheeler outlining the damaging effects of the 31 new small refinery waivers (SRE’s) undermining the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). Gov Reynolds and Sec Naig also extended an invitation to Sec Wheeler to come to Iowa and see the devastating impact of these exemptions firsthand.

DES MOINES, IOWA (August 20, 2019) — Governor Kim Reynolds has selected Major General Benjamin J Corell as the new Adjutant General for the Iowa National Guard. Corell recently returned from a deployment to Kuwait where he commanded the 34th Infantry Division “Red Bulls” in support of Operation Spartan Shield. This was Corell’s sixth deployment overseas since September 2000.

DES MOINES– Governor Kim Reynolds and Lieutenant Governor Adam Gregg on Monday released a public schedule update for events during the week of Monday, August 19–Sunday, August 25, 2019.

The following events have been added and are open to credentialed members of the media:

 

Wednesday, August 21

Gov Reynolds visits Iowa State University’s Southeast Research and Demonstration Farm

3115 Louisa-Washington Road

Crawfordsville, IA

2PM

WASHINGTON DC (August 19, 2019) — Senator Charles "Chuck" Grassley will complete his annual 99 county meetings of 2019 on August 27 by holding a town meeting in Clay County.

 

DAVENPORT, IOWA (August 19, 2019) — On Tuesday, Auston McLain will launch his bid for the Davenport City Council’s Fifth Ward.

McLain, 34, is the Outreach Advocate at Braking Traffik, a program of Family Resources, which works with survivors of human trafficking.

"Working in the anti-human trafficking movement and sexual assault field, I encounter some of the most challenging parts of our community, as well as some of the best," McLain said.

DES MOINES, IOWA (August 18, 2019) — Governor Kim Reynolds ordered all state flags in Iowa to be lowered to half-staff on Monday, August 19, 2019 until sunset in honor and remembrance of fallen Lyon County Sheriff's Deputy, Stephanie Schreurs. Deputy Schreurs, a 24-year veteran with the department, died from injuries sustained in the line of duty on Tuesday, August 13, 2019. 

DES MOINES, IOWA (August 17, 2019) — Governor Kim Reynolds and Lieutenant Governor Adam Gregg on Saturday released their public schedules for Monday, August 19–Sunday, August 25, 2019.

The following events are open to credentialed members of the media:

 

Monday, August 19

Gov Reynolds holds Executive Council and Board of Canvass Meetings

Robert D Ray Conference Room 

Governor’s Office

Iowa State Capitol

DES MOINES, IOWA (August 16, 2019) — Governor Kim Reynolds testified at a field hearing of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, chaired by Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA). Gov Reynolds outlined Iowa’s efforts on workforce development through the Future Ready Iowa Initiative, and called for greater federal government flexibility in programs aimed at self-sufficiency.

DES MOINES, IOWA (August 16, 2019) – Lieutenant Governor Adam Gregg completed the nine-month Hunt-Kean Leadership Fellows program, the nation’s premier bipartisan education policy fellowship. Gregg is one of nineteen state leaders from across the country who completed the program. Governor Kim Reynolds was a participant in the inaugural cohort of Hunt-Kean Leadership Fellows in 2015.

Q: What’s your take on the so-called Green New Deal?

A: The Green New Deal is a throwback to FDRs New Deal from decades ago. It ostensibly was proposed to address climate change.

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