Government & Politics

Iowa Sen. Todd Taylor, D-Cedar Rapids, will announce his campaign for Linn County Auditor Tuesday morning.

Family-friendly activities, more retail and riverfront dining, events on May’s Island, tax incentives for office-to-housing conversions. Here’s a glimpse at the 70 initiatives in Cedar Rapids’ Downtown Vision Plan, which the City Council will vote on Tuesday.

Brenna , Bird and 14 other Republican state attorneys general argue that four news organizations may have provided “material support to terrorists” by paying for photographs from journalists with alleged ties to Hamas.

Also, North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum suspends presidential campaign

The newly scheduled hearing concerns ordinances in two counties that restrict how close the pipelines can be located to cities, houses, livestock facilities and other sites. Summit has argued they are so restrictive that they might prevent the project.

Iowa is one of several states whose cities continue to affirm policies inclusive of LGBTQ residents, despite setbacks for them from new state laws.

After about eight months without a permanent police chief, the city of Cedar Rapids is choosing finalists from a pool of 17 applicants in its search for someone new to lead the police department.

While two counties have said they’d step in to help local victims if necessary, a Central Iowa sexual assault nurse examiner is working with a pharmaceutical company on an agreement to provide the medications to Iowa pharmacies at no cost.