Iowa auditor says governor wrong to spend $21M in federal pandemic relief on software system

The office of Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds (R) misused millions of dollars in federal coronavirus relief funding, according state Auditor Rob Sand.In a letter on Friday, Sand pointed to two areas in particular where the governor spent money which he said did not meet the requirements to qualify: Namely, the expense had to be incurred due to the public health emergency caused by the coronavirus pandemic, it had to occur in the time between March…