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Daily NewslettersJack Whitver, the Republican Senate majority leader, announced he is running for re-election, but he will do so in a new legislative district.
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Jack Whitver, the Republican Senate majority leader, announced he is running for re-election, but he will do so in a new legislative district.
Project to test evidence has led to four criminal cases in Iowa so far, authorities say
Despite assurances from county planning and development staff, the Linn County Planning and Zoning Commission has recommended denying a proposed solar farm near Coggon. A final decision will come from the Board of Supervisors.
To ensure all Cedar Rapidians have a “mirror” reflecting themselves in library books, staff began auditing the collection in 2018 for representation and have successfully increased diversity, starting with young adult fiction.
Tiffany O’Donnell raised three times as much as her opponent Amara Andrews in the run-up to the Tuesday runoff election that will decide Cedar Rapids’ next mayor.
Public health officials have shown little desire to once again take disruptive measures, instead pushing Americans to voluntarily change their behavior without punitive threats.
Training must be completed in order for them to receive public funds as payment
U.S. Supreme Court can ‘right historic wrongs,’ Iowa governor says
The former Indianola City Manager started in his new role on Monday
A federal judge on Monday blocked President Joe Biden’s administration from enforcing a coronavirus vaccine mandate on thousands of health care workers in 10 states — including Iowa — that had brought the first legal challenge against the requirement.
While some lawmakers have resisted the prohibition on the grounds it’s a personal freedom issue, Stephan Bayens, commissioner of the Iowa Department of Public Safety, said public safety benefits trump the individual rights concern.
Iowa Public Safety Commissioner Stephan Bayens says: “We just can’t continue to expect our folks to just bury the hurt and the trauma and the stress that they see every day and just go about their day and be good moms and dads or husbands or daughters or whatever it is. ”
Depending on who’s telling the story, it may have happened during a blizzard in Washington or a national legislative conference in Atlanta. There’s agreement on the important points – there was drinking involved and the plan was sketched out on cocktail napkins during a discussion that spanned more than one bar and continued in the backseat of a taxi cab.
A technology advocacy coalition called Chamber of Progress takes aim at Sen. Chuck Grassley in online targeted ads for a new bill that would regulate Big Tech companies like Amazon, Facebook, Apple and Google. The ad claims the bill would block Amazon from selling its brand name products and end free shipping for customers.
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