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State Tipoffs Involving Iowa Newsletter for Friday August 16, 2024 ( 2 items )  

Attorney General Bird Sues to Stop Taxpayer Dollars From Supporting Political Campaign Goals
DES MOINES, Iowa, Aug. 16 -- Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following news release on Aug. 15, 2024: Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today joined eight other states in suing the Biden-Harris administration for using taxpayer dollars to influence elections and achieve campaign goals. In 2021, the Biden-Harris administration ordered federal agencies, with no election-related responsibilities, to develop voter registration plans. The agencies have since created these plans in secr  more

Iowa Submits Summer EBT Waiver Request for Demonstration Project That Feeds More Children, Leverages Existing Programs
DES MOINES, Iowa, Aug. 16 -- Gov. Kim Reynolds, R-Iowa, issued the following news release on Aug. 15, 2024: Governor Kim Reynolds today announced the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has submitted to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) a 2025 SUN Bucks (Summer EBT program) waiver request to implement a summer feeding demonstration project aligned with our mutual goal to address summer food insecurity. The state's proposed project would expand eligibility to serve more ch  more