Around a dozen community members showed up for public comment at the Coralville City Council meeting Tuesday night to share their concerns about resident privacy should the city begin using license plate reader cameras.
Iowa U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley said Wednesday he is committed to investigating the members of the Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation who served during the Biden administration over indictments against President Donald Trump.
Johnson County’s three most populous cities are moving forward with plans to put a 1 percent local-option sales tax on the ballot for the November general election in an effort to diversify revenue sources in light of property tax reform at the state level.
Also, new congressional candidate Taylor Wettach announces his early fundraising figures
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Gov. Kim Reynolds said Tuesday that Iowa officials have contacted the White House to be involved in discussions on how to keep immigrant agricultural workers in the country.
A handful of Iowa Republican lawmakers have announced they are backing U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra's run for governor.
U.S. Department of Agriculture chief Brooke Rollins announced Tuesday that the U.S. government will move to ban sales of farmland nationwide to Chinese buyers and other foreign adversaries, citing threats to national security and food security.
Nearly 50 people are set to be laid off from CommUnity Crisis Services in Iowa City later this month after federal funding was canceled for the LGBTQ+ youth suicide prevention hotline, part of the national 988 suicide and crisis hotline.
Cedar Rapids city leaders are investing upward of $5 million into a series of building renovations that will lead to the relocation of several city departments in the name of space optimization.
Don Thomas, who served as Cedar Rapids Streets Commissioner for 12 years, is being remembered for his dedication to Cedar Rapids, which took different forms, from roller skating at farmers markets, to providing a vision for a network of trails throughout the metro area.
Taylor Wettach will face fellow Democrat Christina Bohannan in Eastern Iowa’s District 1 primary election next year.
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