Iowa will pay $10 million to the siblings of an adopted 16-year-old girl who weighed just 56 pounds when she died of starvation in 2017, according to a state board that approved the settlement Monday.
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Iowa will pay $10 million to the siblings of an adopted 16-year-old girl who weighed just 56 pounds when she died of starvation in 2017, according to a state board that approved the settlement Monday.
The state of Iowa will consider paying $2 million to the daughters of a Muscatine woman who died during an MRI at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in 2018 from an allergic reaction to the contrast dye administered intravenously.
Tuesday is Election Day in cities and school districts across Iowa. Early voting numbers reported in two Eastern Iowa counties show interest in these elections is lagging compared to 2021.
The Iowa Department of Management last week announced $150 million in grants to connect more than 12,000 Iowans to high-speed internet. The funding is the latest round of the Empower Rural Iowa Broadband program. The funding focuses on “Broadband Intervention Zones” the state has identified as having the highest need for high-speed internet.
Also, Mount Vernon Road in Cedar Rapids reopens
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds plans to endorse Ron DeSantis for president, giving the Florida governor’s 2024 campaign a boost as he struggles to show progress against Donald Trump in the Republican primary, two people familiar with the matter said Sunday.
Dressed in his signature gym shorts and a sweatshirt, Democratic Pennsylvania U.S. Sen. John Fetterman advocated for party unity and made the case for backing President Joe Biden in 2024 at an iowa Democratic Party fundraiser in Altoona on Saturday.
Commissioner Doug Ommen says consumers can take preventative steps to protect themselves against the pressures caused by the exploding cost of reinsurance.
In Linn County, the trickle-down effect of state and national politics seems to have swayed campaign donors in some Cedar Rapids and Linn-Mar school board races that are on the ballot Nov. 7, with right-leaning candidates out-raising some incumbents.
A group of roughly 60 Iowa City-area Jews and their supporters gathered Friday at the Iowa City Ped Mall to collectively and publicly grieve the loss of Palestinian and Israeli life and to demand a cease fire, a release of all hostages, and an end to U.S. aid to Israel.
The group leading the charge to pass Cedar Rapids’ $220 million school bond referendum on Nov. 7 is relying on voter outreach and trying to combat public confusion over what’s part of the bond issue.
Also, Iowa elections official highlights safety measures
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