Category: Daily Digest

A Senate deal to pair border security with aid of Ukraine is on shaky grounds…the state of Iowa is moving ahead with the MOMS program despite lack of a third-party administrator as required by law.

Nikki Haley is promising to stay in the race for the GOP presidential nomination…legislation advancing in the Iowa legislature would require public school students to sing the national anthem each day.

Trump wins the New Hampshire GOP primary…Iowa lawmakers advance legislation that would affect young drivers and teen workers at daycare centers.

Voting in New Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation presidential primary is underway…Governor Reynolds vows to never back down from banning abortion.

Ron DeSantis drops out of the Republican presidential race…Governor Reynolds says stricter gun laws would not have prevented the school shooting in Perry.

The Justice Department releases a report critical of the police response to the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, in 2022…Governor Reynolds backtracks a bit on her proposal for Iowa’s Area Education Agencies. 

The Senate could vote today on a stop-gap spending bill to avoid a partial government shutdown…anti-hunger advocates call for Iowa to accept federal summer food assistance for low-income kids.

President Biden will host congressional leaders today to talk about his request for additional aid for Ukraine and Israel…state health officials are backing a proposal to merge Iowa’s mental health and substance use treatment systems.