Amended suit asks the court to declare that a new state law violates equal protection and due process rights guaranteed in the federal and state constitutions.
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The Education Department announced Monday that it’s investigating five Republican-led states - Iowa, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Utah - that have banned mask requirements in schools, saying the policies could amount to discrimination against students with disabilities or health conditions.
The Linn County board of health urges the Cedar Rapids school board to defy the law and mandate mask-wearing in schools for all students, teachers and staff
As Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine has earned full approval from the federal regulators, more health care companies and organizations are requiring their employees to get the shot.
Superintendent Greg Batenhorst wants students to graduate the district with a ‘good heart and an open mind.’
The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics’ second try to get a state certificate it needs to build a new $230 million facility off Interstate 380 is getting a second round of pushback just as the five-member State Health Facilities Council prepares to reconsider the project this week.
Under a state law, municipalities may not require the “owner of real property to implement a policy relating to the use of facial coverings that is more stringent than a policy imposed by the state.” However, the Iowa City order does not require business owners to adopt a mask mandate -- instead shifting the responsibility directly onto individuals.
The next Iowa Ideas In-Depth Week is September 20th- September 24th, covering Iowa’s workforce and how it’s been impacted by the coronavirus pandemic.
The blood services provider ImpactLife will require all employees in Iowa, Illinois, Missouri and Wisconsin to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by Nov. 1. Religious and medical exemptions will be considered, officials say.
In response to a federal complaint from University of Northern Iowa’s faculty union accusing the UNI administration of prohibiting COVID safety measures, a state health and safety official pointed to Iowa’s law barring mask mandates.
Order requires masks in all courthouses across the state, regardless of an individual’s vaccination status.
As new coronavirus cases surge, local public health agencies are working to ramp up their contact tracing efforts. But officials say those efforts have already been strained in recent weeks as the delta variant drives an alarming spike in infections.
Strategists are an extra teacher in the classroom students can rely on when they need help in math, reading or other core instruction
Danielle Pettit-Majewski is the new director of the Johnson County Public Health Department. She previously served about eight years as the director at Washington County Public Health.
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