Reynolds sworn in as Iowa gov:

Kim Reynolds was sworn in as Iowa’s governor on Wednesday, becoming the state’s first woman to hold the job after taking over for longtime Gov Terry Branstad the same day he was sworn in as the US ambassador to China.

Reynolds, a 57-year-old former county treasurer, took the oath of office in a ceremony at the Iowa Capitol. Reynolds was Branstad’s lieutenant governor, and she took over after the fellow Republican was