Kim Reynolds

State Auditor Rob Sand has notified Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds that her use of $21 million of federal pandemic relief funding for a new state software system that was approved before the pandemic started is not allowed under the CARES Act.

Iowa’s COVID-19 hospitalizations hit an all-time high Tuesday, but Gov. Kim Reynolds said she is not putting any new mitigation measures in place to slow the spread of the virus.

Political campaigns in tight races are weighing the risks of politics and public health as they enter the final month of campaigning during the coronavirus pandemic.

The state of Iowa is breaking with the CDC’s recommendation to quarantine all close contacts of people who test positive for the coronavirus in an effort to lower the number of students and school staff required to stay home because of potential virus exposure.

Read the White House Coronavirus Task Force's latest state report for Iowa, dated September 20, which says Iowa has the seventh-highest rate of new infections in the country.

Des Moines Public Schools will stay in virtual learning, for now, even after a Polk County judge ruled that without a state waiver the district is violating guidelines for in-person learning during the pandemic.

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds is continuing to reject several recommendations from the White House Coronavirus Task Force as coronavirus cases surge in the state.

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds has spelled out how she will distribute $100 million of CARES Act relief money to various agricultural sectors.

A request from Des Moines Public Schools to begin the year virtually has been denied by the Iowa Department of Education. In a statement, the agency says families can choose to attend remotely, but the district cannot choose that option for all students. Des Moines Public Schools says it will move ahead with the plan anyway, and ask a judge to reverse the decision.

Iowa’s top health official said she knew about the inaccuracies in the state’s public coronavirus data weeks before it was reported.