LISTEN: Gov. Reynolds And Republican Leaders Opposed To Vaccine Passports

Iowa Public Radio | By Clay Masters,

Katarina Sostaric

Published April 12, 2021 at 1:05 PM CDT

Gov. Kim Reynolds says she 'strongly opposes' the use of COVID-19 vaccine passports.

IPR Morning Edition host Clay Masters checks in with IPR state government reporter Katarina Sostaric about some of the major issues at the Iowa Statehouse in the last week.

There has been a lot of talk nationally about COVID-19 vaccine passports. Iowa Republican lawmakers, who hold the majority at the Statehouse, and Gov. Kim Reynolds have come out strongly against them while Democrats say the debate is a distraction. Masters and Sostaric discuss the debate over vaccine passports as well as the dispute over the state's corrections budget and other legislative issues.

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Clay Masters

Clay Masters is the senior politics reporter for MPR News.

Katarina Sostaric

Katarina Sostaric is IPR's State Government Reporter, with expertise in state government and agencies, state officials and how public policy affects Iowans' lives. She's covered Iowa's annual legislative sessions, the closure of state agencies, and policy impacts on family planning services and access, among other topics, for IPR, NPR and other public media organizations. Sostaric is a graduate of the University of Missouri.

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LISTEN: Gov. Reynolds And Republican Leaders Opposed To Vaccine Passports

IPR Morning Edition host Clay Masters checks in with IPR state government reporter Katarina Sostaric about some of the major issues at the Iowa Statehouse in the last week.

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