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Iowa auditor questions governors spending for COVID-19 ads DAVID PITT, Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail 3 1of3FILE - In this March 17, 2021 file photo, Gov. Kim Reynolds speaks during a news conference, in Johnston, a suburb of Des Moines, Iowa. Iowas Democratic auditor accused the states Republican governor of violating a 2018 state law that prohibits statewide elected officials from using public funds for self promotion. Auditor Rob Sand argued Thursday, June 3 that Reynolds...

© Getty Images Iowa’s auditor accused Gov. Kim Reynolds (R) of violating the state’s self-promotion law last year, when she appeared in a video that advocated for mask wearing amid the coronavirus pandemic. In a 13-page special report released Thursday, Iowa auditor Rob Sand, a Democrat, wrote that Reynolds, a Republican, broke state law that prohibits the use of public money for self-promotion when she appeared in the “Step Up, Stop the Spread” media campaign. Reynolds’s office intr...

Tue, Jun 1st 2021 10:50am — Tim Cushing Polk County, Iowa prosecutors are making a name for themselves. And that name is "Enemy of the First Amendment." Earlier this year, Polk County prosecutor John Sarcone tried and failed to convict a Des Moines Register journalist for attending a protest and attempting to comply with conflicting orders from law enforcement. According to the prosecutor, journalist Andrea Sahouri failed to disperse when ordered to, even though other cops at the same scene w...

DES MOINES — When Iowa lawmakers wrapped up their 2021 session just before midnight May 19, they adjourned sine die — that is, without setting a date to return.

West Burlington High School valedictorian Shelby Ryan is the winner of this years Bill Mertens Citizen Scholar award.

Woodward and Ruther laid out five similar defenses to the claim. "Should this defendant be at fault ... said fault should be compared with that of the plaintiff and/or other parties," both defense attorneys said in their respective motions. The attorneys were referencing Iowa Code 688, which requires judges to consider how at fault parties in the case are in comparison to each other. In a case where the plaintiff does bear some fault, the amount of damages incurred by the plaintiff are to be re...

CHATSWORTH—There’s a special election in Chatsworth next week, but no one will be on the ballot, which could foretell unincorporation for the city of about 80 people. Only write-in votes will be cast Tuesday, May 25, to select a mayor and fill the vacant city council seat in the tiny town as no candidates filed for the election — the monthslong culmination of several peculiar circumstances starting in December. Former mayor Amber Gray resigned abruptly Dec. 14 at the end of the r...

Iowa House sends bill raising penalties for protest-related crimes to Gov. Kim Reynolds Ian Richardson, Des Moines Register Gov. Reynolds will introduce a bill to protect law enforcement and ban racial profiling What to watch next Replay Video UP NEXT A bill that would give police officers stronger immunity from lawsuits and increase the penalties for some protest-related offenses is headed to Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds desk. The Iowa House of Representatives gave final passage to...

Iowa House sends bill raising penalties for protest-related crimes to Gov. Kim Reynolds Ian Richardson, Des Moines Register Gov. Reynolds will introduce a bill to protect law enforcement and ban racial profiling What to watch next Replay Video UP NEXT A bill that would give police officers stronger immunity from lawsuits and increase the penalties for some protest-related offenses is headed to Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds desk. The Iowa House of Representatives gave final passage to...

59 neglected animals found inside Muscatine County woman’s home