Government & Politics

A walk-through Monday at The Eastern Iowa Airport in Cedar Rapids was part of a screening demonstration organized by Iowa Republican U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson, who has been working with TSA officials to ease challenges veterans and those with disabilities face when traveling with service animals.

The city of Cedar Rapids has opened the newly relocated and reconfigured skatepark after building a detention basin as part of the permanent flood control system. The facility is now entirely made of concrete and features 28 obstacles -- a variety of quarterpipes, wedges, ledges and more.

Also, Linn County’s Joan McCalmant recognized for service to county government

The 45Z tax credit provides up $1 per gallon for domestic production of clean transportation fuels, which includes ethanol. One way ethanol plants can get the tax credits is to prove the corn they are using has a low carbon intensity score derived from the farmer’s practices, such as use of cover crops, reduced tillage and limiting nitrogen fertilizer application.

Also, Nikki Haley sees post-debate bump in Iowa; Tim Scott launches new Iowa ad

President Joe Biden on Friday approved a disaster declaration and relief to seven Iowa counties that sustained damages from spring flooding along the Mississippi River.

On the podcast this week, we discuss the first Republican presidential debate, and the first new Iowa Poll of this caucus campaign.

Within minutes of the mug shot's release, Trump's campaign used it in a fundraising appeal on its website. The campaign’s latest fundraising email advertises a new T-shirt with the image. And this quote: “This mugshot will forever go down in history as a symbol of America’s defiance of tyranny.”