Katarina Sostaric
State Government ReporterKatarina Sostaric is the State Government Reporter for Iowa Public Radio.
She previously covered Eastern Iowa for IPR from Iowa City. Before coming to Iowa, Katarina was a reporter and host at a public radio station in Southeast Alaska, where her work also aired on Alaska’s statewide public radio network.
Katarina worked as a Morning Edition news anchor and general assignment reporter at KBIA in Columbia while she was a student at the Missouri School of Journalism.
You can contact Katarina at ksostaric@iowapublicradio.org.
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Iowans would no longer have to get a permit to acquire handguns or carry a concealed weapon under a bill advanced by Republicans on a House panel Monday. -
A major Republican-backed election bill passed through the Iowa Statehouse last week.
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A major Republican-backed election bill passed through the Iowa Statehouse last week.
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IPR's Morning Edition host Clay Masters talks with IPR state government reporter Katarina Sostaric about an election bill on Gov. Reynolds's desk that awaits her signature and about where some of her other priorities stand.
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Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds announced Thursday that essential workers and people with disabilities will become eligible for COVID-19 vaccines in early March. The state is also launching a vaccine locator website and a phone number for seniors who need help getting an appointment.
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Republicans in the Iowa House of Representatives passed a major elections bill Wednesday that cuts the time allowed for voting by mail, early in-person voting, and Election Day voting, sending the bill to the governor’s desk one week after introducing it.
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Iowa Republican lawmakers plan to give final approval to a bill Wednesday that shortens the early voting period and makes other wide-ranging changes to the state’s election laws, sending it to the governor’s desk just one week after the proposal was introduced.
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IPR Morning Edition host Clay Masters talks with IPR state government reporter Katarina Sostaric about a flurry of activity at the Iowa statehouse last week and what is still under consideration this week.
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Republicans in the Iowa House and Senate have approved $21 million for Workday, a new personnel and accounting computer program for the state, after Gov. Kim Reynolds first tried to use federal coronavirus relief funding to pay for it.
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Republicans in the Iowa Legislature are quickly advancing a wide-ranging elections bill that shrinks the early voting and voting by mail period from 29 to 18 days, ends county “home rule” powers regarding elections, and proposes criminal penalties for election officials who don’t comply with state directives.
