Kim Reynolds

Gov. Kim Reynolds signed an executive order Wednesday restoring voting rights to tens of thousands of Iowans with past felony convictions ahead of the November election.

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds says schools that switch to all-virtual learning without permission from the state will have to make up time at the end of the year.

New state rules say Iowa school districts must conduct mostly in-person learning unless they meet certain virus-related benchmarks, including a county-wide coronavirus test positivity rate of 15 percent.

A proclamation signed by Gov. Kim Reynolds states that at least 50 percent of learning in core subjects must occur in-person.

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds says when the school year begins next month, students must spend at least half of their time learning about core subjects in-person. A new proclamation allows a temporary switch to remote learning only when it’s approved by the Iowa Department of Education.

A report prepared for the White House Coronavirus Task Force says Iowa is one of 18 states that should put some virus-related restrictions back in place because of increasing coronavirus cases.

Des Moines Black Lives Matter activists proposed their own language for an executive order as they continue pressuring the governor to restore voting rights to Iowans with felony convictions.

Iowa fully reopened over the past 2.5 months, and Gov. Kim Reynolds has repeatedly said “data and metrics” were driving her reopening strategy. IPR looks back on how the data and metrics she said her decisions were based on have shifted over the course of the pandemic.

A Johnson County District Court judge blocked Iowa’s new mandatory 24-hour abortion waiting period from taking effect Wednesday.“We’re glad that patients…

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds said Tuesday local governments cannot implement mask requirements because they are not consistent with her public health disaster…