Government & Politics

With input from bar owners, Cedar Rapids Police Chief David Dostal said police are more proactively patrolling downtown and have put in place other measures to address public safety issues around downtown bars on weekend nights. Have these steps worked?

On the podcast this week, severe flooding in Western Iowa, a carbon capture pipeline gets approval from Iowa regulators, and the Iowa Supreme Court ruling on abortion.

But ruling notes 'serious concerns' about law’s vagueness

The Cedar River was expected to crest overnight and then drop below flood stage by Sunday morning.

Abortions in Iowa would be illegal once cardiac activity can be detected in an embryo or fetus after the Iowa Supreme Court cleared the way Friday for a 2023 state law to take effect.

Biden’s uneven performance crystallized the concerns of many Americans that, at 81, he is too old to serve as president. But Trump leaned into falsehoods about the economy, illegal immigration and his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection.

Heaviside LLC, the development entity behind the proposed $576 million Google data center in Cedar Rapids, recently closed on land slated for the project for $16.573 million and grading is now underway on the site.

Changes to Iowa’s special education system, regulations on consumable hemp and new procedures for traffic cameras are set to take effect July 1.