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A former Iowa health department spokesperson will receive a $600,000 settlement from the state.

Polly Carver-Kimm alleged she was wrongfully fired in 2020 for fulfilling public records requests during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The state does not admit to any wrongdoing as part of the settlement agreement.

A former Department of Public Health spokesperson who alleged she was fired for answering public records requests her bosses would have preferred she ignore during the COVID-19 pandemic will receive $600,000 in a settlement with the state.

Polly Carver-Kimm sued Gov. Kim Reynolds and a number of other officials after she was forced out in July 2020. In court filings, she described a series of incidents where her job duties were reduced after she did things such as p

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