O. Kay Henderson
News Director at Radio Iowa
News Director of Radio Iowa, a radio news network with headquarters in Des Moines, IA. With the network from Day One (1987). Covering politics forever.
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2 months ago |
radioiowa.com | O. Kay Henderson
Governor Kim Reynolds is backing a plan to charge students from the six states that surround Iowa the same, lower tuition rate Iowa residents pay at the University of Northern Iowa. UNI president Mark Nook said it’s “a creative approach” to one of the state’s challenges. “We’ve got to find a way to grow the number of workers in this state and that means grow the population,” Nook said during a House Appropriations Subcommittee hearing on Monday afternoon.
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2 months ago |
radioiowa.com | O. Kay Henderson
About 100 people gathered at the statehouse Monday to rally against a bill that would grant some liability protection to pesticide and herbicide manufacturers. The bill cleared the Iowa Senate last year and is getting a rehearing this year. It would forbid lawsuits based on the lack of a warning about potential health risks if […]
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2 months ago |
radioiowa.com | O. Kay Henderson
Governor Kim Reynolds signed an executive order late this morning creating an Iowa “Department of Government Efficiency” task force. “It’s work will be organized around three broad goals: maximizing return on taxpayer investment, further refining our workforce and job training programs,” Reynolds said during a news conference in her Iowa Capitol office, “and leveraging technology, such as artificial intelligence.”Reynolds announced her intention ot sign the executive order in January.
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2 months ago |
radioiowa.com | O. Kay Henderson
A committee in the U.S. Senate has voted for a bill that would require automakers to keep putting AM radios in vehicles. Some companies, like Tesla and Ford, have begun leaving A-M radio out of electric vehicles, citing interference from the electric motors. Iowa Senator Joni Ernst is one of many co-sponsors of the ‘AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act.’“AM radio is a critical way folks across the country receive information,” Ernst said.
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2 months ago |
radioiowa.com | O. Kay Henderson
Iowa Congresswoman Ashley Hinson says Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency initiative is exactly what is needed and she says now that Republicans hold the White House and congress, they “should not squander the opportunity” to make the federal government smaller, more efficient and more accountable.
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RT @IowaPress: Election laws and security continue to be hot topics. We talk with IA Sec. of State Paul Pate. Joining Radio Iowa's @okayhen…
Brenna Bird endorsed Trump in Oct. 2023 & he said at a rally before the Iowa Caucuses; “she’s going to be your governor some day, I predict.” Bird issued a statement on Reynolds’ announcement she won run for a 3rd term as governor.
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