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Reynolds’ state budget proposal underfunds public universities’ request

Sarah Watson, Executive Editor • January 12, 2021

Iowa’s three regent-governed universities would see a budget boost of $15 million under Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds’ proposed state budget — underfunding university leaders’ requests after lawmakers...

Fact Check | The facts behind Gov. Reynolds’ Condition of the State Address

Sarah Watson, Natalie Dunlap, Brian Grace, and Lyle Muller • January 12, 2021

PolitiFact Iowa is a project of The Daily Iowan’s Ethics & Politics Initiative and PolitiFact to help you find the truth in politics. If your time is short: Iowa entered 2021 amid...

UI Law Professor serves first term in Iowa House amid pandemic

Lauren White, Politics Reporter • January 12, 2021

DES MOINES — Newly elected state representative and University of Iowa Law Professor Christina Bohannan said her background in the judicial system will complement her work and legislative priorities...

Governor calls for in-person learning and tax cuts in Condition of the State address

Caleb McCullough and Julia Shanahan • January 12, 2021

DES MOINES — Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds laid out her legislative priorities in her annual Condition of the State address on Tuesday, touting economic policy and in-person learning as a means to bounce...

Republican majority to push for fully in-person option at Iowa schools

Caleb McCullough, Managing Editor • January 11, 2021

Republican lawmakers in Iowa will push to require that K-12 students have the option to take fully in-person classes, as high COVID-19 positivity rates throughout the fall pushed some schools to pivot...

Fact Check | Pre-pandemic Iowa had largest workforce in state history

Sarah Watson, Executive Editor • January 11, 2021

PolitiFact Iowa is a project of The Daily Iowan’s Ethics & Politics Initiative and PolitiFact to help you find the truth in politics. Edited by Lyle Muller and Rylee Wilson If your...

Iowa Republicans pledge to lower taxes ahead of legislative session

Lauren White, Politics Reporter • January 11, 2021

DES MOINES — As the Iowa Legislature convened on Monday for the beginning of its 2021 session, Republican leadership committed to lowering state taxes and not being quick to spend the state budget surplus. House...

Iowa Legislature divided on mask wearing despite Gov. Kim Reynolds’ partial mask mandate

Julia Shanahan, Politics Editor • January 11, 2021

DES MOINES — Masks continue to be a divisive issue as the state legislative session opened on Monday with little mitigation efforts and anti-mask protesters flooding the halls of the Iowa Capitol,...

Iowa’s congressional delegation split along party lines over impeachment

Caleb McCullough, Managing Editor • January 8, 2021

Iowa’s representatives in Congress are split by party on support for impeaching President Trump, as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., threatens to begin the process. Republicans said in statements...

Iowa legislative leaders to look at mental-health funding, won’t rule out election law changes in 2021 legislative session

Brian Grace, Politics Reporter • January 7, 2021

Iowa Republican and Democratic legislative leaders discussed potential objectives for new legislation regarding election law and alternative avenues for funding state mental-health services during...

Republican legislative leaders won’t require masks for upcoming session

Lauren White, Politics Reporter • January 7, 2021

Nearly a year into the COVID-19 pandemic, Iowa’s Republican legislative leaders defended their decision to not mandate masks or disclosure of a positive COVID-19 case at the statehouse during the...

Reynolds won’t reintroduce Invest in Iowa Act in upcoming legislative session

Natalie Dunlap, Politics Reporter • January 7, 2021

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds will not reintroduce the Invest in Iowa act this year, she told reporters on Thursday. Reynolds formally introduced the act in February 2020 as a means to reduce certain taxes...