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5 hours ago | desmoinesregister.com | Stephen Gruber-Miller |Marissa Payne |Sabine Martin

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds' 2025 legislative agenda included Medicaid work requirements, unemployment tax cuts for businesses and restricting cell phones in schools. The governor was able to push most of her priorities across the finish line while only a few of her proposed bills failed to become law. Reynolds, who is not seeking reelection, will have just one more legislative session to complete her agenda as governor, before voters choose her successor in the 2026 election.

6 hours ago | desmoinesregister.com | Stephen Gruber-Miller |Marissa Payne |Sabine Martin

Stephen Gruber-Miller Marissa Payne Sabine MartinDes Moines RegisterRepublicans adjourned the legislative session without a vote on a bill cutting property taxes — something they identified as their top priority before the session began. House and Senate lawmakers agreed on a $9.43 billion state budget — which spends about $900 million more than the revenue that the state will take in.

5 days ago | desmoinesregister.com | Stephen Gruber-Miller |Sabine Martin |Marissa Payne

Stephen Gruber-Miller Sabine Martin Marissa PayneDes Moines RegisterThe Iowa Senate abruptly adjourned for the weekend late Friday afternoon without taking up legislation limiting eminent domain, despite Republican leaders placing the bill on their calendar. A dozen GOP senators refuse to vote for any budgets until leadership calls a vote on legislation limiting eminent domain for carbon pipelines, but Senate Republicans haven't reached an agreement.

6 days ago | desmoinesregister.com | Sabine Martin

President Donald Trump has endorsed incumbent U.S. Rep. Zach Nunn for the 3rd Congressional District race in Iowa. The president wrote in a May 8 post on Truth Social that Nunn is a "fantastic Representative for the Great People of Iowa’s 3rd Congressional District!"President Donald Trump has endorsed U.S. Rep. Zach Nunn in the 2026 race for Iowa's 3rd Congressional District.

6 days ago | desmoinesregister.com | Sabine Martin

Stacy Cervenka will lead the Iowa Department for the Blind starting on July 7, 2025. A search was launched to fill the role after the former director resigned in July 2024 while battling Stage 4 kidney cancer. A new director for Iowa's Department for the Blind has been appointed after an almost year-long search, Gov. Kim Reynolds announced. Stacy Cervenka will lead the Iowa Department for the Blind starting July 7, 2025.