Kim Reynolds

There’s a new way to combat human trafficking in Iowa. It’s a first of its kind statewide initiative to bring trafficking awareness into Iowa businesses.

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds called for a flat income tax, cuts to unemployment benefits, and state-funded scholarships for students to transfer to private schools in her Condition of the State speech Tuesday evening.

Gov. Kim Reynolds outlines priorities in the Iowa Condition of the State 2022 Tuesday at 6 p.m.

Iowa’s labor commissioner says the state won’t enforce the Biden administration’s vaccine-or-test mandate for workplaces with 100 or more employees, regardless of the U.S. Supreme Court’s upcoming decision on the matter.

Two Republican lawmakers released a proposal Tuesday that would ban Iowa businesses from hiring or firing workers, requiring masks or testing, and denying services to customers based on a person’s vaccination status. But Republican leaders said they want to wait for the U.S. Supreme Court to rule on the Biden administration’s vaccine mandates.

An Iowa judge has ruled the state can no longer ban Medicaid coverage of transgender Iowans' medically necessary gender-affirming surgeries.

Host Ben Kieffer talks with political analysts Rachel Caufield and Megan Goldberg about the Biden infrastructure bill, how Iowa's delegation voted on it, and what lies ahead for "Build Back Better."

Workers across the country are facing a Jan. 4 deadline to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or, in some cases, get tested weekly. But a new law in Iowa expands their ability to refuse the vaccine and keep their job, or get unemployment benefits. With just a few weeks to go before unvaccinated Iowans might have to get their first shot, some employers in the state say they’re caught between state and federal rules.

Iowa’s governor rejected two nominees for an open judgeship, saying a judge who chaired the nominating commission tainted the process by favoring one candidate and opposing others. Reynolds said in a letter to the nominating commission that it is only the second time in Iowa history that a governor has taken such a step.

National Latino leaders are expressing concern about changes in Iowa’s voting laws. They say those changes will hurt Latino voter turnout.