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Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signs law guaranteeing paid parental leave for state workers
The law will now guarantee state workers four weeks of paid maternity leave and one week of paid paternity leave after the ...
Replying to Kim Reynolds' lawsuit over emails, Register counterclaim demands their release
The Register responds to Kim Reynolds' suit by challenging her claim of executive privilege, demanding release of emails ...
Google announces $7 billion investment in Iowa, including new Cedar Rapids data center
Google will invest $7 billion to officially build a data center in Cedar Rapids and expand infrastructure at its Council ...
Gov. Kim Reynolds signs into law sweeping limits on DEI for Iowa governmental entities
Iowa joins a wave of red states supporting President Trump's fight against DEI with a new law signed by Gov. Kim Reynolds.
Des Moines Register countersues Gov. Kim Reynolds over withholding emails
The newspaper says her office violated open records law by refusing to release four emails as part of an 800-page records request.
Gov. Kim Reynolds signs 2% funding increase for Iowa's K-12 public schools into law
The new Iowa law raises the state's per-student spending by $162 for the 2025-26 school year, taking spending for each pupil ...
Iowa law enforcement urge Gov. Kim Reynolds to veto 'unpredictable' 911 funding changes
Iowa law enforcement associations and 911 operators are urging Gov. Kim Reynolds to veto language letting the state charge ...
Iowa Democrats call on US senators to oppose President Trump's budget bill
Iowa Democrats are calling on U.S. senators to oppose President Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill,” saying it will hurt health care in Iowa.President Trump’s p ...
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Experts debate: Can Gov. Kim Reynolds invoke executive privilege to deny records access?
Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds has increasingly invoked executive privilege ... she had not used that legal argument in response ...
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Experts debate: Can Gov. Kim Reynolds invoke executive privilege to deny records access?
Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds has increasingly invoked executive ... in response to a records request since March 2020, a Des Moines Register review found. Executive privilege is a legal concept ...