Government & Politics

According to a December police report, the prison warden at the Anamosa State Penitentiary said nurses reported a dentist serving the facility appeared to be intoxicated and had just completed a root canal on a patient.

On the podcast this week, a review of the Iowa Republican Caucuses

Many of the event’s speakers addressed the recent fatal school shooting in Perry, and in response called for more armed officers and armed school staff with firearms and active shooter training in schools.

Republican Iowa House Reps. Steve Holt and Skyler Wheeler levied heavy criticism of a pilot guaranteed income project underway in central Iowa

Protesters call for cease-fire, condemn resolution

Democratic lawmakers, saying they were left out of the talks, cast doubt on the changes.

Also, advocates for food assistance programs held a news conference at the capitol Wednesday to call on the state to join a federal program that would provide summer food assistance for kids.

After three failed attempts to sell and repurpose the old brick building on Mount Vernon Road SE, the city of Cedar Rapids will take redevelopment proposals once more after receiving an inquiry from a developer.