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DES MOINES — Days before Iowa’s Board of Regents met in closed session to discuss comments some university employees made on social media about conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s death, Gov. Kim Reynolds wrote a letter urging the regents to terminate “public employees who make public comments condoning the murder of a person expressing political views.”

“Families from across the nation have placed their trust in Iowa’s public universities. Trust that they and their staff will uphold the highest standards of integrity, respect, and professionalism as they guide and educate students,” Reynolds said. “Recent social media commentary, allegedly written by an Iowa State University employee who pro

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