(Des Moines, IA) Gov. Terry E. Branstad and Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds will hold their annual public budget hearings, which begin on Friday, November 15, and run through mid-December.

The hearings are open to the public and credentialed media. Subsequent hearings will be listed in the weekly Friday public schedules.

All public budget hearings will be held in the Robert D. Ray Conference Room, located in entrance G-09 of the Iowa State Capitol.

Friday, November 15, 2013

9:30 a.m.     Iowa Board of Parole public budget hearing

9:45 a.m.     Iowa Law Enforcement Academy public budget hearing

10 a.m.        Iowa Public Defender public budget hearing

10:15 a.m.   Iowa Veterans Affairs public budget hearing

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