Iowa lawmakers will need to use some of the state’s savings to cover part of the state budget next fiscal year, after revenue forecasters estimated last week that Iowa will bring in about $400 million less next year than it spent this year.
Listen as IPR State Government Reporter Katarina Sostaric and Morning Edition Host Meghan McKinney discuss how dipping into savings might affect state-funded services like education and health care, where Gov. Kim Reynolds' proposals stand and why Iowa might join more than 30 other states in instituting anti-SLAPP protections.