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“I want to assure Iowans that I’m healthy and feeling good, and I’m fully focused on leading Iowa’s response to the pandemic on our economic recovery efforts,” Gov. Kim Reynolds said at her press conference on Monday. That assurance came after it was reported Reynolds’ was in contact with an aide to Vice President Pence […]
During her visit to the White House last week, Gov. Kim Reynolds came in contact with an aide to Vice President Mike Pence who later tested positive for COVID-19, Bloomberg News reported on Sunday. Katie Miller, Pence’s press secretary, tested positive for the virus on Friday. Reynolds met with President Trump and the vice president […]
The Iowa Department of Public Health reported on Saturday that another 214 Iowans have tested positive for COVID-19. It was only the second time in the past two weeks the department has reported fewer than 300 new cases in its daily updates. Among the new cases were three residents of Johnson County and six residents […]
“The people of Iowa have been blessed by the leadership of Gov. Kim Reynolds,” Vice President Mike Pence said during his visit to the state on Friday. Pence was speaking to a group of religious leaders at Westkirk Presbyterian Church in Urbandale, one of two scheduled public events on Friday. “One of the things the […]
A state district court judge has struck down as unconstitutional Iowa’s ban on Planned Parenthood of the Heartland (PPH) receiving public grant money to provide sex education programs in the state. “The Act has no valid, ‘realistically conceivable’ purpose that serves a legitimate government interest as it is both irrationally overinclusive and under-inclusive,” Judge Paul […]
An unknown number of Test Iowa test kits cannot be processed because they were damaged, Barbara Rodriguez of the Des Moines Register reported on Thursday. According to a spokesperson for Gov. Kim Reynolds, only a “very small percentage” of test kits were affected. “A very small percentage of individuals are going to receive a direct […]
Gov. Reynolds typically begins her press conferences by announcing the number of new COVID-19 cases reported in the state and the number of Iowans who have died from the virus. But on Thursday, she skipped those numbers and started things off by discussing her trip to see President Trump on Wednesday. “Yesterday I was at […]
Gov. Kim Reynolds traveled to the White House for talks with President Trump on Wednesday. During her press conference the day prior, Reynolds described the White House invitation as “kind of a last-minute ask.” “I’ll be going to give him an update on what we’re doing in Iowa, and really talk about how testing and […]
Iowa’s total number of COVID-19 cases reached 10,111 on Tuesday, and the state saw its highest one-day death toll as the Iowa Department of Public Health reported another 19 deaths from the virus. But at her press conference on Tuesday, Gov. Kim Reynolds said Iowa is now in “the recovery phase of COVID-19.” The governor […]
The Iowa Department of Public Health published its first breakdowns of deaths from COVID-19 by race, ethnicity and gender on Monday. Until this week, IDPH had maintained there had not yet been enough deaths in the state to produce statistically significant data regarding demographics. The data published reflected the total of 188 deaths reported to […]
Gov. Kim Reynolds started her press conference on Monday by praising her administration’s efforts to deal with the impact of COVID-19 in the state. “You may not be aware of this, but this week is Public Service Recognition Week,” the governor pointed out before giving a glowing assessment of the work of various state agencies. […]
The Iowa Department of Public Health reported on Sunday that another 528 Iowans have tested positive for COVID-19, including 11 residents of Johnson County and 26 residents of Linn County. There have now been 9,169 confirmed cases of the virus in Iowa. During the past seven days, IDPH has reported 3,650 new cases of COVID-19, […]
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