After months of study, governor s economic advisory council lays out plan for COVID-19 recovery Tyler Jett, Des Moines Register
Gov. Reynolds announces recommendations from economic recovery advisory board
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A panel of leading Iowa executives backed Gov. Kim Reynolds legislative priorities in a a 126-page report released Thursday, including increasing state funding for broadband internet, child care and housing.
The Governor s Economic Recovery Advisory Board was made up of 12 leaders of Iowa companies, the state economist, a chamber of commerce official and the CEO of the University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics. It also endorsed initiatives in areas including improving water quality and rural health care and expanding educational choice.
Mr. President, Mr. Speaker, Lieutenant Governor, legislative leaders and members, justices and judges, my fellow Iowans:
Our state constitution says that, every year, the governor must communicate to the general assembly the condition of the state. That usually happens in the morning on the second day of the legislative session, but tonight I’m breaking with that tradition so that I may speak directly to Iowans.
It’s been a year and I’ll let you fill in whatever adjective you want. Covid-19. Civil Unrest. A drought. A derecho. We’ve been beaten and battered in about every way imaginable and some unimaginable. But together, we’ve met every challenge with bravery and outright grit.