Katarina Sostaric

As the school year begins, Iowa’s Area Education Agencies and school districts are implementing a new law that shifts some AEA funding to school districts and moves oversight of special education from AEAs to the state.

Iowans who want to vote by mail can now start requesting absentee ballots for this fall’s election, as today is the first day county auditors can accept applications for those absentee ballots.

Republican officials on Iowa’s state objection panel voted Wednesday to remove all three Libertarian candidates for Congress from the ballot, citing the Libertarian Party of Iowa’s failure to follow state laws concerning the process for nominating political candidates.

A Polk County District Court Judge ordered the state to delay the certification of ballots Tuesday while three Iowa Libertarians running for Congress try to get back on the ballot.

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds said she will take some time to pick a new lieutenant governor after Adam Gregg resigned Tuesday to lead the Iowa Bankers Association.

Iowa Lt. Gov. Adam Gregg resigned Tuesday and said he wants to focus on his family.

Three Libertarian congressional candidates are asking the Iowa Supreme Court to let them appear on Iowans’ ballots this fall. They are appealing a Polk County District Court ruling issued Saturday that said the candidates cannot appear on ballots.

Chief Justice Susan Christensen said Tuesday the Iowa Supreme Court will soon decide if three Libertarian congressional candidates can be on the ballot.

The Iowa Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that three Libertarian candidates for Congress cannot be on the ballot in this fall’s general election.

Iowans can register to vote online, by sending a paper form to their county auditor or at their county auditor's office.