Iowa Down Ballot podcast: Water quality, governor powers and GOP debate

By: Kathie Obradovich

Outlets: Iowa Capital Dispatch

Published: May 2, 2026

Words: 176

Last Updated: 2 months, 4 weeks ago


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Iowa Down Ballot with Dave Price 5/2/26 by Iowa Writers Collaborative

Kathie Obradovich of Iowa Capital Dispatch and Laura Belin of Bleeding Heartland are here to help break down a chaotic end-of-session Friday at the Statehouse.

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Ten days into legislative overtime, Gov. Kim Reynolds and other GOP leaders introduced a package of water quality legislation. Host Dave Price, Laura Belin and I chat about what that …

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