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By Jason Taylor May 4, 2021 DES MOINES, Iowa - Two Iowa Democratic State lawmakers are asking for more oversight after Governor Kim Reynolds' decision to send money back to the federal government. Reynolds announced Thursday on Fox News that she had given back $95 million meant for student testing for COVID-19. Senator Claire Celsi of West Des Moines and Representative Ruth Ann Gaines of Des Moines are calling for oversight committees to conduct meetings on the management of the federal money. The Iowa Capital Dispatch reports the Republican oversight committee chairs are dismissing the me...

By Jason Taylor May 4, 2021 DES MOINES, Iowa - Two Iowa Democratic State lawmakers are asking for more oversight after Governor Kim Reynolds' decision to send money back to the federal government. Reynolds announced Thursday on Fox News that she had given back $95 million meant for student testing for COVID-19. Senator Claire Celsi of West Des Moines and Representative Ruth Ann Gaines of Des Moines are calling for oversight committees to conduct meetings on the management of the federal money. The Iowa Capital Dispatch reports the Republican oversight committee chairs are dismissing the me...

by Rep. Dustin Hite It was another busy week at the Statehouse. I started on Monday by taking the gavel and sitting in the Speaker’s chair for the opening of Monday’s session. The rest of the week was filled with committees and subcommittees and is now ending with a blizzard. On Tuesday evening, the Iowa House passed House File 228, a bill which removes the ability of school districts to deny requests for open enrollment due to voluntary diversity plans adopted by the school districts. There are currently five districts in the state with voluntary diversity plans—Des Moines, Waterlo...