Highlights in this edition:
- New Democrat Leader Labels the Return to Normal Extreme
- Lockdown advocates have always placed their authority to control the decisions of Iowans above Iowans’ own day to day freedoms
- FY 22 Budget Moves Towards Implementation as Governor Signs Appropriation Bills
- For the first time since at least 1993, the Governor did not use the item veto power to strike a provision from any budget bills
- IDALS Secretary Naig: ‘New Meat Processing Program is a Good Investment in Local Businesses and Rural Communities’
- The funds will be used to help small meat lockers upgrade their equipment or expand their facilities
- Parental Control: Open Enrollment
- Open enrollment is a cost-free process by which parents/guardians residing in an Iowa district may enroll their children into another Iowa school district
- Governor Signs Mental Health Funding and Property Tax Relief
- The plan expands access to mental health care through telehealth ensuring every Iowan has timely access to mental health care
