Erin Jordan

Breaking ties as the Boy Scouts of America face widespread sexual abuse accusations is intended to protect the churches from further liability.

The reason Iowa City, with 74,000 residents, doesn’t have a water tower goes back to the early 1970s, when city leaders decided ground storage reservoirs required less maintenance than elevated water towers.

The 2021 recipients are using their grants for solar projects, energy efficiency and education programs. Nonprofits, businesses or K-12 students based in Iowa City may apply for grants for projects that can be completed in 12 months, match the city’s climate action goals, are “impactful and measurable” and benefit a diversity of Iowa City residents.

As Gov. Kim Reynolds announced she would send Iowa State Patrol troopers to the border with Mexico, the state’s top public safety leaders raised concerns whether her commitment would leave enough staff for “law enforcement obligations in Iowa” and run up a “significant cost for sending personnel out of state,” according to records obtained by The Gazette.

The Iowa Department of Public Health allowed the Iowa Cannabis Co. to transfer its license to manufacture medical marijuana products from Cedar Rapids to Iowa City, where the firm also will open a dispensary this fall.

When a big report on climate change comes out, like it did earlier this month, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed by the magnitude of changes needed worldwide to make a difference. The primary way to make change is through policy, but for people with the means and time, there are some small changes we can make.

Some neighbors of a Cedar Rapids condominium complex are frustrated with decisions made by their homeowners association. HOAs have boomed in recent decades as residents and cities don’t want to be responsible for lawns, drainage areas and snow removal.

The Fund Excluded Workers Coalition says Iowa City’s and Johnson County’s delay in providing American Rescue Plan money to undocumented workers and others who were essential during the COVID-19 pandemic is a potential violation of the city’s Human Rights ordinance.

Wendy Leiker, superintendent of the Boys State Training School in Eldora since Aug. 28, 2020, resigned last week amid an investigation at the school.

The Iowa Environmental Council and the Environmental Law & Policy Center have

Iowa City is gathering community input on how to spend $18.3 million from the American Rescue Plan Act, a $1.9 trillion federal relief package. One option is direct payments to undocumented workers, who were not eligible for other relief aid.

Buildings where masks are required include the Coralville Recreation Center, Coralville Public Library, the Coralville Center for the Performing Arts and Brown Deer Golf Club.

Six-month investigation nets one felony weapons charge, 57 hunting-related charges, and multiple written warnings to a four-person hunting group.

Officials still are finishing formal after-action reviews focusing on what lesson were learned and what steps should be taken to more urgently come to the aid of citizens who — days after the storm — frequently struggled to find food and gas and often shelter. Reports are expected later this month.

Cedar Rapids’ tree inventory had nearly 40,000 trees before the derecho. After losing 18 percent of the trees in the storm, the inventory helps city workers figure out which trees to replant and where.