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Republicans currently hold 64 seats in the Iowa House to Democrats' 36. And the GOP has a supermajority of 34-16 supermajority in the Iowa Senate.

Critics say it falls far short of what federal program offered

Iowa school districts and communities will be able to apply for grants through the state Department of Education to provide additional meals and food to children over the summer, Gov.

Laura Belin: What Governor Kim Reynolds will spend on new summer meal sites works out to 3 percent of the food assistance she rejected.

The announcement comes several months after the state said it will not participate in a federal summer food assistance program.

The governor says the new state program will help grow existing summer meal sites; critics say it will fall well short of what the federal program would have offered.

After rejecting federal funds for the Summer EBT program in February, Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds announced $900,000 in competitive grants for summer meal programs for children.  Administered by the Iowa Department of Education in partnership with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the funds are intended to provide Iowa children access to healthy food over the...

Iowa school districts and communities will be able to apply for grants through the state Department of Education to provide additional meals and food to children over the summer, Gov.

The Iowa Senate approved an amended House bill making changes to the state’s Area Education Agencies Tuesday, legislation that also included state funding for public K-12 schools for the upcoming

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