Thank you. [applause] thank you. Thank you. [applause] mr. Lieutenant governor, mr. President , madam speaker, legislative leaders, senators and representatives, justices and judges, elected officials, officials, distinguished guests, families, friends and my fellow iowans, it is an honor to be here today as your 43rd governor and to deliver my first conditions of the state address. [applause]. As state that we live in where a smalltown girl from rural iowa can become governor and have the opportunity to serve wins at the highest level. And i hope that can be an inspiration to every waitress, every grocery checker, every overworked and stressedout mom, and the little girls who dare to dream. Because in iowa if youre if yog to work for it, those dreams can come true. [applause] i want to begin by taking a moment to recognize the heroes among us, the brave men and women who have given so much of the time, energy and talent on our behalf. To our men and women serving in the military, law
[applause] thank you. Kim reynolds became governor of iowa when the previous Governor Terry branstad resigned in may upon becoming ambassador to china. Governor reynolds delivered her first state of the state address last week. She talked about rewriting the state tax code, healthcare and education. From the state capital in des moines, this is 45 minutes. [applause] governor reynolds. [applause] thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Lieutenant governor, mr. President , madam speaker, legislative leaders, senators and representatives, justices and judges, elected officials, distinguished guests, family, friends, and my fellow iowans. It is an honor to be here today, as your 43rd governor and to deliver my first condition of the state address. [applause] what a country and state we live in, where a small town girl from rural iowa can become governor and have the opportunity to serve iowans at the highest level. I hope that can be an inspiration to every waitress, every grocery checker, every
About writing iowas tax code, the Opioid Epidemic and education. Her speech is 45 minutes. Governor ren solds . [ applause ] thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Mr. Lieutenant governor, mr. President , madam speaker, legislative leaders, senators and representatives, justices and judges, elected official, officials, distinguished guest, family, friends and my fellow iowans. Its an honor to be here today as your 43rd governor and to deliver my first condition of the state address. [ applause ] wow what a country and state that we live in where a smalltown girl from rural iowa can become governor and have the opportunity to serve iowans at the highest level and i hope that can be an inspiration to every waitress, grocery checker, every overworked and stressed out mom and little girls who dared to dream because in iowa, if youre willing to work for it, those dreams can come true. [ applause ] i want to begin this morning by taking a moment to recognize the heroes among us, the brave men and
Counted in elections. Sorry, i thought the people of New Hampshire had a responsibility to vote and pick president s. Even some of fiorinas counterparts are coming to her defense. President ial candidate i would encourage the organizers of the debate to include carly there. I think she belongs there and i think that she would add a beneficial element to the discussion at the debate. While some are offering no sympathy. President ial candidate i got excluded from a fox Business News debate. I didnt think it was fair, but i didnt go around complaining and moaning about it. Butt sot so, you know, for carly, the rules are the rules. She certainly has benefited from the rules at times. And so i just think the job of all of us is to play by the rules that are set for us. Im john lornic reporting. Former virgina governor jim gilmore also failed to make the cut. As for democrats. Hillary Clintons Campaign today had a fiery message for young women voters. S Madeleine Albright former sec. Of sta
Around the state and, and talking to people. We just got a really great news that iowa has moved up to be the third best managed state in america behind only north dakota and wyoming. And we dont have the oil of north dakota or the coal they have in wyoming. So were pretty proud of the achievements that weve had. And we also have a Record Number of people employed in iowa now. Amanda mmhmm. Some big accomplishments. Lets dive right into some legislative issues. One of the things that a lot of iowans followed closely last session was the back and forth over Education Funding. Mr. Branstad yeah. Amanda the house and senate, they couldnt reach that agreement until the final hours of the session on those funding levels. They ended up settling on a 1. 25 increase in state aid and a one time cash infusion of 55. 7 Million Dollars. You later vetoed that extra money which kind of angered a lot of people. In fact, according to a Public Policy poll from over the summer that was done, 57 of iowan