DES MOINES, IA (KELO.com) — According to a major think-tank, Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds is number one.
The Cato Institute, a nonpartisan association, named Reynolds the top governor in the nation for fiscal responsibility in the 2022 Fiscal Policy Report Card on America’s Governors.
The biennial report card analyzes governors’ actions on state budgets, taxes and spending.
Governor Reynolds leads the pack, with a high score of 78 over five other Republican governors who also received an A grade on the report card.