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Brooklyn Draisey

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Higher Education Reporter at Iowa Capital Dispatch

Reader. Writer. @Report4America corps member covering higher education for @IowaCapDispatch. DM or email tips to [email protected] (she/her/hers)

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  • Here’s what Iowa lawmakers did on marathon final day of session

    1 day ago | kcci.com | Robin Opsahl |Brooklyn Draisey

    Lawmakers resolved some years-long disputes between the Iowa House and Senate, as well as approving major segments of the state budget, before adjourning the legislative session early Thursday. One issue that was finally resolved late Wednesday after a three-year stalemate was a bill specifying how to distribute millions of dollars from a court settlement, to be spent addressing the opioid crisis in Iowa.

  • Governor’s unemployment insurance tax bill passes Legislature

    1 day ago | yahoo.com | Robin Opsahl |Brooklyn Draisey

    Iowa lawmakers gave final approval to legislation cutting the taxes employers pay into the state's unemployment insurance fund. (Photo by Getty Images)Both chambers of the Iowa Legislature passed changes to Iowa’s unemployment insurance taxes Wednesday, sending Gov. Kim Reynolds’ proposal to her for final approval.

  • Governor's unemployment insurance tax bill passes Legislature • Iowa Capital Dispatch

    1 day ago | iowacapitaldispatch.com | Robin Opsahl |Brooklyn Draisey

    Both chambers of the Iowa Legislature passed changes to Iowa’s unemployment insurance taxes Wednesday, sending Gov. Kim Reynolds’ proposal to her for final approval. Senate File 607, brought forward by Reynolds early in the 2025 legislative session, would cut the taxable wage base used to calculate unemployment insurance taxes in half from 66.7% to 33.4%.

  • Iowa lawmakers debate Medicaid rules, unemployment as they aim to end 2025 session

    1 day ago | iowacapitaldispatch.com | Robin Opsahl |Brooklyn Draisey

    Lawmakers could wrap up the 2025 session as early as Wednesday – but there are still several spending and final policy measures left on the chambers’ calendars before legislators can head home. Before ending the session, lawmakers must approve the state’s budget, the collection of bills funding Iowa’s state departments, agencies as well as meeting other spending obligations.

  • Iowa lawmakers debate Medicaid rules, unemployment as they aim to end 2025 session

    2 days ago | voiceofalexandria.com | Robin Opsahl |Brooklyn Draisey

    The Iowa Capitol on Feb. 25, 2025. (Photo by Kathie Obradovich/Iowa Capital Dispatch)Lawmakers could wrap up the 2025 session as early as Wednesday – but there are still several spending and final policy measures left on the chambers’ calendars before legislators can head home. Before ending the session, lawmakers must approve the state’s budget, the collection of bills funding Iowa’s state departments, agencies as well as meeting other spending obligations.

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