In what amounted to her final full legislative session as governor, Republican Kim Reynolds secured several of the marquee priorities she laid out at the start of the year — from a sweeping property tax overhaul and expanded charter school funding to stricter welfare and immigration verification requirements — while other proposals quietly stalled at the Capitol.
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signs a provision into law April 9 that allows Iowa childcare workers to access state-funded financial assistance to cover their own childcare costs.
Transgender Iowans, their allies and supporters protest bills advanced Feb. 9 by Republican lawmakers at the Iowa Capitol that would prohibit local governments from protecting transgender residents through local civil rights ordinances.
House Minority Leader Brian Meyer, D-Des Moines, takes questions from reporters about Iowa House Democrats' package of proposals aimed at lowering living costs, boosting wages and protecting affordable health insurance during a Jan. 14 news conference.
Iowa House Speaker Pat Grassley (middle) visits with Rep. Ann Meyer, R-Fort Dodge (right) and Rep. Jacob Bossman, R-Sioux City, on the floor of the Iowa House May 2 in Des Moines.
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signs a provision into law April 9 that allows Iowa childcare workers to access state-funded financial assistance to cover their own childcare costs.
Transgender Iowans, their allies and supporters protest bills advanced Feb. 9 by Republican lawmakers at the Iowa Capitol that would prohibit local governments from protecting transgender residents through local civil rights ordinances.
House Minority Leader Brian Meyer, D-Des Moines, takes questions from reporters about Iowa House Democrats' package of proposals aimed at lowering living costs, boosting wages and protecting affordable health insurance during a Jan. 14 news conference.
Iowa House Speaker Pat Grassley (middle) visits with Rep. Ann Meyer, R-Fort Dodge (right) and Rep. Jacob Bossman, R-Sioux City, on the floor of the Iowa House May 2 in Des Moines.
