Also, lawmakers shelve a bill that would have required school administrators to spend more time in the classroom.
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Also, lawmakers shelve a bill that would have required school administrators to spend more time in the classroom.
Denver-based Progressive Urban Management Associates, the consultants the city tapped to draft a new vision plan guiding the future of downtown Cedar Rapids, will return to advise on the structure of downtown’s managing entity.
The move comes in the wake of a fiery derailment last year of a train carrying toxic chemicals in eastern Ohio that set off evacuations, a federal investigation and concerns about the effect the derailment and the fire could have on health and the environment.
A developer is seeking workforce housing tax credits to transform city-owned land on Ellis Boulevard NW into seven newly built townhome units.
For the first time in 40 years, the Linn County Jail is not housing federal inmates for the U.S. Marshals Service. The inmates were moved to other county jails in Iowa after the Marshals Service and the Linn County Sheriff’s Office were unable to reach an agreement on the cost to house the inmates.
Mayor Tiffany O’Donnell said the Cedar Rapids City Council won’t weigh in on a foreign policy matter where it has no authority after members of the Advocates for Social Justice asked the council to pass a resolution urging a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war.
Iowa Republican lawmakers advanced a bill on Wednesday that would allow health care providers, facilities and insurance companies to refuse medical care based on moral objections.
Legislation being debated in Iowa Legislature aims to stop teachers from grooming students for sexual relationships.
A three-member subcommittee voted unanimously to advance the bill to the full House Public Safety Committee.
Laura Belin had claimed in the lawsuit that her constitutional rights were violated when the Iowa House Clerk denied her credential applications from 2019 through 2024
Delegates are proportionally allocated based on the caucus results. Trump’s victory gave him 20 of Iowa’s 40 delegates.
The bill, which said it won’t apply in private schools, would require students and teachers to sing “at least one verse” of the anthem each day. Students and teachers would be allowed to opt out of singing the anthem, but they would be required to stand if able and remain silent while the anthem is sung.
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