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REYNOLDS BEGINS PLANNING FOR 1ST FULL TERM AS GOVERNOR

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Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds says she has just started thinking about personnel changes in state government and the policy agenda she’ll ask her fellow Republican lawmakers to pass in 2019.

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This week, she became the first woman ever elected governor of Iowa and Reynolds says shattering that glass ceiling gives girls in Iowa a new perspective.

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Reynolds says she hopes to meet with Fred Hubbell, her Democratic challenger.

The discussion is likely to center on privatized Medicaid, which Hubbell campaigned against;

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As for staff changes, when Reynolds took over as governor last year she inherited the roster of state government administrators appointed by Terry Branstad.

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Reynolds says she’s evaluating the state’s finances, aiming to carve out a reduction in the state’s corporate income tax rate — perhaps eliminating some income tax credits in the process.