A form of cyberbullying, doxxing involves posting private or personal identifiable information online about another person — such as a home address, phone number, Social Security number or other identifiers — for the purposes of harassing, intimidating, embarrassing or otherwise harming the person.
At least two National Park Service employees in Iowa were abruptly fired last week amid President Donald Trump's ongoing purge of federal workers to limit government spending.
In voicing support for a legislative proposal to establish a new School of Intellectual Freedom at the University of Iowa -- with a bill that started in the House now bolstered by a companion bill in the Senate -- a tenured UI professor cited research revealing extreme political bias across top-ranked American colleges and universities, including in Iowa.
Also in the Capitol Notebook: Also, U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders returning to Iowa City.
Republican lawmakers’ efforts to protect children from books and material they view as obscene would extend beyond schools to all public libraries under a proposal advanced Monday. Opponents say Iowa law already includes a test that determines whether books and other materials are obscene.
Brad Sherman, a former one-term Republican state lawmaker formally announced plans on Monday to run for Iowa governor, setting up a potential primary challenge to incumbent Gov. Kim Reynolds.
Ben Rogers, the Linn County supervisor for District 2, announced Monday that he will resign his seat, effective April 1. He has served on the board for 16 years.
About two-thirds of Americans say the U.S. government is spending “too little” on Social Security and education, according to a January AP-NORC poll.
Also, tickets available for Marion’s State of the City address next month
Iowa has the fastest-growing rate of new cancers and ranks second-highest in cancer rates compared with other states. That has caught the attention of some Iowa lawmakers, who are aiming to address the problem with proposed legislation.
Stations have a little more than 10 months to comply or face fines of up $1,000 per day, per violation, and the revocation of their license to sell fuel.
Over 77 percent of voters in the county approved the measure, which needed 60 percent approval to pass. This was the second time that Johnson County voters approved a conservation bond — in 2008, voters approved a $20 million bond. The bonds are paid off through property taxes.
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