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Iowa just latest government-school domino to fall, and there's nothing teachers' unions can do about it

The Republican-controlled Iowa Legislature passed an expansive school choice proposal and Gov. Kim Reynolds signed the bill Tuesday.

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Iowa students can use public money to pay for private school under new plan

A plan approved by Iowa Legislatures will allow students to use public money to pay tuition for private schools. Democrats argued this may lead to reduced funding for public schools.

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Iowa lawmakers OK public money for private school students

They note that if students opt for private school, their $7,600 in per-pupil support would follow them to the private institution, but the plan would send $1,200 to the public school districts where the students resides. The public funding also would be available to students already enrolled in private schools, with family income requirements phasing out over three years. During debate Monday night, Rep. Steven Holt, a Republican from Denison, said Democrats were overstating what the private school funding would mean to public schools. Much of that outcome depends on the quality of a private school, and that can vary dramatically, Welner said in an email. “If using a voucher to move to private school hasn’t been beneficial, the obvious policy question is why?

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Iowa lawmakers OK public money for private school students

Any Iowa student who wants to attend a private school will be able to use public money to pay for tuition or other expenses.

Police say 2 students were killed and 1 man hurt in a Des Moines shooting

Police said Monday that one man had been charged and two other people remained in custody in a targeted shooting at an alternative educational program designed to keep at-risk youth away from trouble.

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Police: 2 students dead, teacher hurt in Des Moines shooting

DES MOINES, Iowa — (AP) — Two students were killed Monday and a teacher was injured in what police said was a targeted shooting at a Des Moines school that is dedicated to helping at-risk youth, and three suspects were arrested afterward. The shooting was at an educational program called Starts Right Here that is affiliated with the Des Moines school district. The Greater Des Moines Partnership, the economic and community development organization for the region, says on its website that Keeps came to Des Moines about 20 years ago from Chicago, where he “lived in a world of gangs and violence” before finding healing through music. Kim Reynolds, who serves on an advisory board for Starts Right Here, said she was “shocked and saddened to hear about the shooting.” Des Moines Police Chief Dana Wingert is on the Starts Right Here board. “We just saw a lot of cop cars pouring in from everywhere,” Krantz said to the Des Moines Register.

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Police: 2 students dead, teacher hurt in Des Moines shooting

DES MOINES, Iowa — (AP) — Police say two students were killed Monday and a teacher was injured in a shooting at a Des Moines school on the edge of the city’s downtown. The shooting was at an educational program called Starts Right Here that is affiliated with the Des Moines school district. About 20 minutes after the shooting, police said officers stopped a car that matched witnesses' descriptions about two miles away and took three suspects into custody. The Starts Right Here program, which helps at-risk youth, was founded by Will Holmes, a rapper whose stage name is Will Keeps. “We just saw a lot of cop cars pouring in from everywhere,” Krantz said to the Des Moines Register.

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Authorities: 2 students dead, teacher injured in Des Moines school shooting

A shooting at a Des Moines school has left two students dead and a teacher injured Monday, police said.

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Police: 2 students killed, man hurt in Des Moines shooting

Two teenage students were killed and a man was seriously injured in what police called a targeted shooting at an alternative educational program for at-risk youth in Des Moines.

Police: 2 students dead, teacher hurt in Des Moines shooting

Two students were killed Monday and a teacher was injured in what police said was a targeted shooting at a Des Moines school that is dedicated to helping at-risk youth, and three suspects were arrested afterward. The shooting was at an educational program called Starts Right Here that is affiliated with the Des Moines school district. Police say emergency crews were called to the school, which is in a business park, just before 1 p.m. Officers arrived to find two students critically injured, and they started CPR immediately.

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Sending signals: Arkansas’ Asa Hutchinson says Iowa trips show he’s ‘serious’ about potential 2024 run

Former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson makes two trips this week to Iowa – which he acknowledges is a sign that he’s seriously considering a Republican White House run.

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Iowa legislature reconvenes with emphasis on tax cuts, gun rights

The Iowa legislature reconvened Monday, with GOP agenda items regarding tax policy, private education, and gun rights being addressed as key policy goals.

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Iowa judge blocks effort to ban most abortions in the state

DES MOINES, Iowa — (AP) — An effort to ban most abortions in Iowa was blocked Monday by a state judge who upheld a court decision made three years ago. Judge Celene Gogerty found there was no process for reversing a permanent injunction that blocked the abortion law in 2019. Kim Reynolds said in a statement that she would appeal the decision to the Iowa Supreme Court. At that time, Judge Michael Huppert's decision was based on U.S. Supreme Court precedent, as well as an Iowa Supreme Court decision in 2018 that declared abortion a fundamental right under the Iowa Constitution. The Iowa law contains exceptions for medical emergencies, including threats to the mother’s life, rape, incest, and fetal abnormality.

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Iowa judge blocks effort to ban most abortions in the state

A state judge has blocked an effort to ban most abortions in Iowa by upholding a court decision made three years ago.

Woke goes to die over education at the ballot box

Midterm election voters rewarded incumbent candidates who fought for parental rights and education freedom.

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Meet the GOP campaign committee leaders for the 2024 election cycle

Sen. Steve Daines, Rep. Richard Hudson and Gov. Kim Reynolds were all voted in as GOP committee chairs, just days after Republicans gained control of the House of Representatives.

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Record 12 women to serve as governors, with notable firsts

A record 12 women will take their seats as their states' highest-ranking elected officials when the nation's governors are sworn in this winter.

Trump to rally in Iowa ahead of Nov. 8 as he teases 2024

DES MOINES, Iowa — (AP) — Former President Donald Trump is scheduled to return to Iowa ahead of the Nov. 8 midterms, to headline a rally for Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds and Sen. Chuck Grassley. Returning to Iowa, where the 2024 Republican presidential caucuses are scheduled to launch the GOP nominating sequence, would likely further stoke speculation of Trump's future. Republican candidates in Iowa don't appear to need much of a boost from Trump. It would be Trump's second trip to Iowa since the 2020 election, coming a year after he drew thousands to the Iowa state fairgrounds in Des Moines.

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Trump to rally in Iowa ahead of Nov. 8 as he teases 2024

Former President Donald Trump is scheduled to return to Iowa ahead of the Nov. 8 midterms, to headline a rally for Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds and Sen. Chuck Grassley.

Once hopeful Iowa Democrats running uphill vs. Sen. Grassley

Iowa Democrats had high hopes earlier in the campaign season of unseating seven-term Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley, but they seem to be fading.

GOP-led states sue Biden administration in response to student loan handout plan

Six GOP-led states are suing the Biden administration over its plan to cancel at least $10,000 in student loan debt for tens of millions of Americans.

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GOP states sue Biden administration over student loan plan

Six Republican-led states are suing the Biden administration to try and halt its plan to forgive student loan debt for millions of Americans.

COVID-19 deaths in Iowa top 10,000

In Iowa, more than 10,000 people have died from coronavirus infections. The state has the 19th highest quarterly COVID-19 death rate in the nation, with 135.6 deaths per 100,000 people.

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Trump’s long shadow keeps 2024 hopefuls from Iowa State Fair

DES MOINES, Iowa — (AP) — Texas Sen. Ted Cruz raised the roasted turkey leg like a sword in his Iowa State Fair debut in 2014, the up-and-coming conservative joining a half-dozen other Republican presidential prospects in strolling the Grand Concourse. But they know there needs to be that emphasis that they are here for Iowa Republican candidates,” said Michael Bousselot, a former top aide to Republican Gov. “It's an honor to be here at the Iowa State Fair with you,” he told Grassley, with the politicians surrounded by dozens of news reporters and photographers in the shadow of the century-old brick grandstand. Politicians' food choices and attire at the Iowa State Fair are almost as important as the visits themselves. Kevin Holmes, a Republican from central Iowa, would “absolutely” consider supporting an alternative to Trump in the 2024 caucuses.

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Trump’s long shadow keeps 2024 hopefuls from Iowa State Fair

Potential White House hopefuls from both parties often swing by Iowa’s legendary state fair during a midterm election year.

Primaries bring big losses for incumbent GOP state lawmakers

Republican state lawmakers this year have been losing in primaries at nearly twice the average rate of the past decade.

Kim Reynolds' lead widens over Deidre DeJear in governor’s race, Iowa Poll shows

Gov. Kim Reynolds' approval with Iowans has risen to over 50%, as she leads Deidre DeJear in the governor's race, the latest Iowa Poll shows.

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Boy, 9, survives shooting that killed rest of family at Iowa campground, mayor says

A 9-year-old boy survived an attack that killed three of his family members at Maquoketa Caves State Park Campground on Friday, July 22, 2022. (Lorraine Boogich/Getty Images)MAQUOKETA, Iowa — A 9-year-old boy survived an attack that killed three of his family members at Maquoketa Caves State Park Campground on Friday, according to the mayor of Cedar Falls, Iowa. Like many of you just hearing the news, I’m devastated,” Cedar Falls Mayor Rob Green wrote on Facebook on Friday morning, identifying the survivor of the attack as 9-year-old Arlo Schmidt. Kim Reynolds responded to the shooting Friday afternoon with the following prepared statement:“I’m horrified by the shooting this morning at Maquoketa Caves State Park and devastated by the loss of three innocent lives. As we grieve this unimaginable tragedy, Kevin and I pray for the victims’ family members and the law enforcement officers who responded to the scene.

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A Shooting at a Campground in a Popular Iowa State Park Has Left Four Dead

The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation is investigating a triple-homicide at Maquoketa Caves State Park

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3 killed in shooting at Iowa state park; shooter also dead, police say

As officials searched the 370-acre state park, Krapfl said they found the body of a camper with a self-inflicted gunshot wound, Anthony Sherwin, 23, of Nebraska, who they believe was the gunman.

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Iowa doors swing open for Republicans eyeing White House run

At least a half-dozen GOP presidential prospects are planning Iowa visits this summer now that the state's June primary has come and gone.

Iowa Supreme Court: Abortion not fundamental right in state

Abortion Iowa FILE - Marissa Messinger, of Lake View, Iowa, center, holds a sign during a rally to protest recent abortion bans, May 21, 2019, at the Statehouse in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File) (Charlie Neibergall)DES MOINES, Iowa — (AP) — The Iowa Supreme Court on Friday cleared the way for lawmakers to severely limit or ban abortion in the state, reversing a decision by the court just four years ago that guaranteed the right to abortion under the Iowa Constitution. “We do not agree that every state supreme court decision is entitled to some minimum try-out period before it can be challenged,” he said. The 2018 decision made Iowa the sixth state — with Alaska, Florida, Kansas, Montana and Minnesota — where abortion rights were recognized by the state’s high court. In Montana, a challenge to abortion restrictions that could test its high court opinion is before the Supreme Court.

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Iowa Court: Abortion Not Protected By State Constitution

The state Supreme Court ruled that a lower court wrongly decided that abortion is a fundamental privacy guaranteed by the Iowa Constitution.

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Iowa Court: Abortion Not Protected By State Constitution

The state Supreme Court ruled that a lower court wrongly decided that abortion is a fundamental privacy guaranteed by the Iowa Constitution.

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Iowa court: Abortion not protected by state constitution

Abortion Iowa FILE - Marissa Messinger, of Lake View, Iowa, center, holds a sign during a rally to protest recent abortion bans, May 21, 2019, at the Statehouse in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File) (Charlie Neibergall)DES MOINES, Iowa — (AP) — The Iowa Supreme Court on Friday cleared the way for lawmakers to severely limit or even ban abortion in the state, reversing a decision by the court just four years ago that guaranteed the right to abortion under the Iowa Constitution. Then Iowa lawmakers could ban abortion in the state without completing the lengthy process of amending the state constitution. The state Supreme Court returned the waiting-period case to district court. In Montana, a challenge to abortion restrictions that could test that state’s high court opinion is before the Supreme Court.

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Iowa Supreme Court: Abortion not fundamental right in state

The Iowa Supreme Court has made it easier for lawmakers to limit or outlaw abortion in the state, reversing a decision by the court just four years ago that guaranteed the right to abortion under the Iowa Constitution.

Here's why more people aren't running for governor in Iowa's primary

The incumbent Republican and her Democratic challenger are running unopposed in the primary after a well-respected Black Democrat said major political donors in the state refused to meet with him.

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Grim stretch of American shootings continues at a church and a funeral

Thursday’s violence in the Midwest comes as President Biden called on Congress to take immediate action on gun control, seeking to transform emotion and anger into change.

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Governors diverge on gun control, school security efforts

The nation's governors are diverging over how to respond to mass shootings such as the one that killed 19 students and two teachers at a Texas elementary school.

Courts stymie abortion bans in Iowa, other GOP-led states

An Iowa Supreme Court decision is holding back the state's solidly Republican Legislature and governor from banning abortion if the U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe v.

Iowa Supreme Court: Finkenauer qualifies for Senate ballot

The Iowa Supreme Court has ruled that Democratic Senate candidate Abby Finkenauer qualifies for the primary ballot, rejecting a lower court decision and allowing her to continue her campaign for the nomination.

States scale back food stamp benefits even as prices soar

Month by month, more of the roughly 40 million Americans who get help buying groceries through the federal food stamp program are seeing their benefits plunge.

EXPLAINER: Why Finkenauer's Senate bid rests on 3 signatures

Iowa Democrat Abby Finkenauer’s hopes of running against Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley this fall may hinge on a state Supreme Court ruling on three petition signatures.

Democrat Finkenauer knocked off US Senate primary ballot

A state court judge has concluded that Democrat Abby Finkenauer cannot appear on the June 7 primary ballot for U.S. Senate because she didn’t gather enough petition signatures, knocking off the candidate considered by many to be the party’s best chance to unseat Republican U.S. Sen. Charles Grassley.

Iowa's political swing makes Obama's wins harder to repeat

Iowa was Barack Obama’s unlikely launching pad in 2008 to become the nation’s first Black president.

Black Democrats try to revive party in Trump territory

Dozens of Black Democratic candidates are seeking office in heavily Republican states that former President Donald Trump won easily in 2020.

Iowa GOP: Benefit cuts needed to spur people to take jobs

Iowa is nearing passage of a dramatic reduction in unemployment benefits to try to force people to fill thousands of open jobs and reverse a trend in which the governor argues the state's “safety net has become a hammock." A measure supported only by the Republicans who control the Legislature would reduce allowable unemployment payments from 26 weeks to 16 weeks, placing Iowa among only six states with such severe limits. Currently, 40 states plus Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico pay up to 26 weeks of unemployment benefits, and Iowa has held to that standard for nearly 40 years.

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Threats, vitriol aimed at women in positions of power

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer was one of the more high-profile targets of political violence when prosecutors say a group of men who were angry about pandemic restrictions plotted to kidnap her.

Early test of Kim Reynolds, Deidre DeJear contest kicks off first Iowa Poll of 2022

The first Iowa Poll of 2022 includes an early test of Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds and likely Democratic challenger Deidre DeJear.

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Opinion: Can transgender females destroy girls sports? Here's what the numbers, science and common sense say.

Iowa science writer: The rare transgender female who plays sports may have little advantage — or no advantage at all.

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Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds Signs Bill Banning Biological Males from Women’s K-12, College Sports

Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds signed legislation that will immediately restrict participation in women's college and K-12 sports to biological females.

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Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds signs bill banning transgender girls and women from female sports teams

The legislation goes into effect immediately.

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Iowa governor signs restrictive transgender sports bill

Transgender Sports Iowa Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds signs a bill that prohibits transgender girls from participating in women's sports at the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines, Iowa, Thursday, March 3, 2022. he bill prohibits transgender females from participating in girls high school sports and women’s college athletics. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette via AP) (Nick Rohlman)DES MOINES, Iowa — (AP) — Iowa Gov. “Iowa girls today and every generation to come will be able to pursue the things they love to the best of their abilities," Erzen said. Republican leaders made the bill effective immediately, so any transgender students playing sports may be required to immediately stop. The district's lobbyist opposed the bill because it believes the legislation discriminates against transgender girls and women and the district is concerned it conflicts with federal anti-discrimination laws.

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Transgender girls and women now barred from female sports in Iowa

The ban takes effect immediately. The ban applies to K-12 schools and community colleges as well as colleges and universities that are part of the NCAA or NAIA.

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Iowa governor signs restrictive transgender sports bill

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds has signed into law a bill that prohibits transgender females from participating in girls high school sports and women’s college athletics, rejecting opponents' argument that she would harm vulnerable children to solve a nonexistent problem.

GOP wants to end Russian oil imports to US, boost production

Republican elected officials across the U.S. are criticizing President Joe Biden over his energy policies and want to ramp up domestic production as a way to help wean the nation and its allies off oil from Russia.

State of the Union: Read Gov. Kim Reynold’s Republican response to Biden’s speech

Kim Reynolds was tapped to give the Republican response to President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address. But they plowed ahead anyway, raising the price at the pump by 50% and pushing inflation to a 40-year high. With Texas and Arizona leading the way, I, along with Republican governors from several states have sent resources to the border. And we’ve actually gone to the border—something that our president and vice president have yet to do since taking office. While Democrats in D.C. are spending trillions, sending inflation soaring, Republican leaders around the country are balancing budgets and cutting taxes.

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Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds delivers Republican response to State of the Union

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds delivered the Republican response to the State of the Union address Tuesday.

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Iowa governor swipes at Biden leadership in GOP rebuttal

Kim Reynolds delivers her Condition of the State address before a joint session of the Iowa Legislature, on Jan. 11, 2022, at the Statehouse in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File) (Charlie Neibergall)DES MOINES, Iowa — (AP) — Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad was confirmed as the Trump administration's ambassador to China. It’s not what he promised when he took office.”Reynolds had endeared herself to Iowa’s increasingly GOP-leaning electorate in no small part by opposing much of the Biden administration’s pandemic policy. She resisted mask requirements and joined other states in lawsuits to fight the Biden administration’s vaccine mandates.

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Republicans Picked Kim Reynolds to Send a Message

The GOP wants to show voters that some Republicans just want to keep schools open, lower taxes, and stop teachers from talking about critical race theory.

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Read Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds' Republican response to the State of the Union

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds delivers the Republican response to President Biden's first State of the Union address.

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Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds delivers GOP response to State of the Union

Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds hit President Biden on inflation and crime, among other things.

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Iowa governor strides into GOP spotlight for Biden response

Kim Reynolds delivers her Condition of the State address before a joint session of the Iowa Legislature, on Jan. 11, 2022, at the Statehouse in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File) (Charlie Neibergall)DES MOINES, Iowa — (AP) — Iowa Gov. Last June, she dispatched about 30 Iowa State Patrol officers to the U.S.-Mexico border for roughly two weeks to assist with law enforcement. Kim, great job,” Trump said of Reynolds to a crowd of thousands during the rally at the Iowa State Fairgrounds. The Des Moines Register's Iowa Poll in November showed 88% of Republicans approving of the job she was doing, higher even than her state's GOP Sens.

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Iowa governor swipes at Biden leadership in GOP rebuttal

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds, delivering the Republican rebuttal to President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address Tuesday, painted the picture of a country in the grip of several crises.

Iowa Gov. Reynolds will likely tout her COVID response in State of the Union rebuttal

Iowa Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds' response to the pandemic, with few restrictions, has gotten her national attention.

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What to watch in President Biden’s first State of the Union address

President Joe Biden sat through many State of the Union speeches as a senator and vice president.

US states adding to financial pressure on Russia over war

Governors and lawmakers in numerous U.S. states are seeking to add to the financial squeeze on Russia over its war against Ukraine.

What you need to know ahead of Biden's first State of the Union address

Top issues to expect in President Biden's address are his response to concerns about rising inflation and fatigue about the pandemic as well as steps taken to threaten Russia's financial stability.

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Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib to deliver response to Biden’s State of the Union address

The Michigan Democrat will speak on behalf of the progressive Working Families Party, in a rare instance of a formal response by a member of the president’s own party.

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GOP leaders pick Iowa governor for State of Union response

Kim Reynolds speaks during a news conference at Iowa Spring Manufacturing, Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2021, in Adel, Iowa. Reynolds will deliver the Republican response to President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address on March 1, GOP congressional leaders announced Tuesday. Reynolds is the 43rd governor of Iowa and has served since May of 2017. She was the first governor in the country to require schools to open for full-time in-person learning. Reynolds became the first woman to serve as Iowa governor.

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Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds to deliver GOP response to Biden’s first State of the Union speech

GOP leaders praised Reynolds for her permissive coronavirus policies in Iowa and for her fight against so-called "critical race theory."

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GOP leaders pick Iowa governor for State of Union response

Kim Reynolds speaks during a news conference at Iowa Spring Manufacturing, Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2021, in Adel, Iowa. Reynolds will deliver the Republican response to President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address on March 1, GOP congressional leaders announced Tuesday. Kim Reynolds will deliver the Republican response to President Joe Biden's State of the Union address on March 1, GOP congressional leaders announced Tuesday. “She handled COVID by choosing freedom over lockdowns and personal responsibility over mandates – leading to real economic recovery from the pandemic," McCarthy said. Reynolds is the 43rd governor of Iowa and has served since May of 2017.

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GOP leaders pick Iowa governor for State of Union response

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds will deliver the Republican response to President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address on March 1.

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds to deliver GOP response to Biden's State of the Union address

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COVID Falling In 49 Of 50 States As Deaths Near 900,000

New cases per day have tanked by almost a half-million nationwide since mid-January, the curve trending downward in every state but Maine.

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US death toll from COVID-19 hits 900,000, sped by omicron

Propelled in part by the wildly contagious omicron variant, the U.S. death toll from COVID-19 has hit 900,000, less than two months after eclipsing 800,000.

COVID falling in 49 of 50 states as deaths near 900,000

With the brutal omicron wave rapidly loosening its grip, new cases of COVID-19 in the U.S. are falling in 49 of 50 states, even as the nation's death toll closes in on another bleak round number: 900,000. The number of lives lost to the pandemic in the U.S. stood at over 897,000 as of midday Friday, with deaths running at an average of more than 2,400 a day, back up to where they were last winter, when the vaccine drive was still getting started. Similarly, an early-warning program that looks for the virus in sewage found that COVID-19 infections are declining in the majority of participating U.S. communities, according to data posted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Austin to governors: Guard troops must get COVID-19 vaccine

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, in letters to seven governors, is reaffirming the need for members of their states' Army and Air National Guards to get the mandatory COVID-19 vaccine or lose their Guard status.

States diverge on police reforms after George Floyd killing

Democratic lawmakers in California, Maryland and Washington passed far-reaching policing reforms this year in response to the 2020 killing of George Floyd in Minnesota.

States challenge President Biden’s vaccine mandate for health workers

A coalition of 10 states has filed a lawsuit challenging a new rule by President Joe Biden's administration requiring millions of health care workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19.

GOP state officials push back on employer vaccine mandate

Republican governors, lawmakers and attorneys general are forming a wall of opposition to President Joe Biden's plan to require vaccinations or COVID-19 testing at all private employers of 100 workers or more.

Education fight a winning message in Va., but not everywhere

Several high-profile school board candidates who fought COVID-19 restrictions and anti-racism classes have lost their election bids.

Black Democratic chair gets lynching threat over Trump essay

The first Black chair of Iowa’s Democratic Party says he received a series of racist messages, including a lynching threat, after writing a newspaper op-ed criticizing former President Donald Trump and the state Republican officials who stood with him at a recent rally in Des Moines.

No. 2 House Republican refuses to say election wasn’t stolen

The House’s second-ranking Republican, Rep. Steve Scalise, is refusing to say that the 2020 election wasn’t stolen.

Iowa's GOP leaders stand by Trump as he repeats false claims

Republican Sen. Charles Grassley and Gov. Kim Reynolds have embraced Donald Trump’s return to Iowa.

Local school boards emerge as hot races in November election

Races for local school board seats have emerged as intense political battlegrounds in the upcoming Nov. 2 elections across the U.S. Parental protests that started during COVID-19 lockdowns are evolving into full-fledged board takeover campaigns.

Haley, Scott, Rubio advising group pushing for GOP diversity

A group intent on expanding Republican power across state-level offices is rolling out a national effort to diversify and broaden the GOP, with an advisory council headed up by a number of possible future presidential hopefuls.

Nationalizing her governor run? 'You bet I am,' Sanders says

Former White House press secretary Sarah Sanders might be running for governor of Arkansas, but she's not talking much about the state.

IndyCar to return to Iowa Speedway for 2022 doubleheader

IndyCar will return to Iowa Speedway for a July doubleheader next season.

At Midwest state fairs no masks required, vaccines are free

State Fairs in Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota and Wisconsin are offering COVID-19 vaccinations as the delta variant spreads across the country.

South Dakota's Noem taking swings at potential 2024 rivals

Long before the first presidential nomination contest of 2024, most potential Republican candidates are just getting a sense of the political landscape, tiptoeing through early-voting states and trying to make friends in key places.

Iowa amusement park became a political force before accident

The Iowa amusement park where a water ride accident killed one boy and critically injured another has become increasingly influential in Iowa politics as the state has trended Republican.

Gun deaths rising in Iowa as new law removes handgun permits

Gun deaths have been surging in Iowa as a law is set to go into effect that will allow people to more easily buy handguns and carry them in public without training or a permit.

'It definitely feels early': GOP's long race to 2024 begins

Republicans eyeing a 2024 White House run are wasting no time in jockeying for a strong position in what could be an extremely crowded field of contenders.

15 GOP governors urge release of Census redistricting data

Fifteen Republican governors have sent a letter to the U.S. Commerce Secretary, urging that the U.S. Census bureau release redistricting data as soon as possible.

Amid reform movement, some GOP states give police more power

After a year of protests over police brutality, some Republican-controlled states have ignored or blocked police-reform proposals and moved instead in the other direction.

GOP ramps up misleading attack on Democrats' policing policy

As rising murder rates gain attention in American cities, Republicans have ramped up a misleading campaign to cast Democrats as anti-police and lax on public safety.

Prosecutor says trial in Iowa student's death won't be easy

A prosecutor is warning prospective jurors that the trial of a Mexican national charged in the 2018 fatal stabbing of a University of Iowa student will include graphic evidence that will be emotionally difficult to see and hear.

Virus testing strategies, opinions vary widely in US schools

Children are having their noses swabbed or saliva sampled at school to test for the coronavirus in cities such as Baltimore, New York and Chicago.

Some states plan big spending with Biden's aid, others wait

Some states are making plans to spend billions of dollars from President Joe Biden's pandemic relief act, though the money has yet to arrive.

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