Kim Reynolds calls for hiking tobacco tax as Iowa studies cancer rates

Gov. Kim Reynolds is proposing increasing the tax on tobacco and cigarettes as public health officials study root causes of ...
KWQC

New law eases Medicaid access for sick children

The law streamlines out-of-state Medicaid screening and enrollment for pediatric providers, helping kids get to specialists ...
Southeast Iowa Union

Southeast Iowa progressive groups organize meeting on Medicaid rule changes

Rupe was speaking at a forum on how Medicaid rule changes enacted in 2025’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA). The law aims to drastically reduce Medicaid spending over the next decade by, among ...
The Gazette

Capitol Notebook: Iowa begins distribution of $78.6M in federal funding for rural health care

DES MOINES — Gov. Kim Reynolds and the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services announced last week that $78.6 million in ...

Iowa to award $78.6M to improve access to rural health care

Gov. Kim Reynolds and the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services announced plans to award more than $78.6 million in ...

Iowa to distribute $78.6 million to improve rural health care

The state is set to award $78.6M in funding through the Iowa Healthy Hometowns Project which seeks to improve rural health ...