Four finalists include one internal and three external applicants to replace former chief Mike Kitsmiller.
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Four finalists include one internal and three external applicants to replace former chief Mike Kitsmiller.
This week on the podcast, Donald Trump returns to Iowa, Rob Sand is going on tour, and a Western Iowa Republican primary field grows. Listen for a recap in this week in Iowa politics.
The roundtable — held at the Cedar Rapids Ladd Library — was convened and led by State Auditor and Democratic gubernatorial candidate Rob Sand. Educators covered topics ranging from education savings accounts and curriculum, to school funding and AEA changes.
Iowa State Auditor and Democratic gubernatorial candidate Rob Sand rebuked party labels and fielded questions during a town hall Wednesday in Waukee. It was the first stop of 100 that Sand will make across the state this summer and fall. He’s slated to visit all of Iowa’s 99 counties, including two stops in Lee County, to its two county seats.
Cedar Rapids Animal Care and Control will now report directly to the City Manager’s office in a move meant to better support the animal welfare agency amid ongoing staffing issues.
The charges are the first after Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate in March claimed 277 Iowans without U.S. citizenship illegally voted or registered to vote in recent elections.
A new Louisiana law that rolls back protections from development in isolated wetlands is inspired by a 2023 U.S. Supreme Court decision that critics say could worsen flooding and destroy vital habitat.
Nearly two years after the launch of a regional growth initiative, three area cities are being asked to reaffirm their support. Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance talent attraction director Jodi Schafer this week provided Cedar Rapids City Council members with an update on the Collaborative Growth Initiative’s year-one goals and funding needs. She’s planning similar presentations for the Marion and Hiawatha city councils.
Rocky De Witt, a Republican who rose from relative obscurity a decade ago to a seat on the Woodbury County Board of Supervisors and then a seat in the Iowa Senate, has died following a battle with pancreatic cancer.
The race for Iowa's Fourth Congressional District had perhaps its biggest announcement yet Wednesday morning as Siouxland Chamber of Commerce President Chris McGowan declared he is running in the 2026 Republican primary.
“Unfortunately, what we see happen too commonly across the state of Iowa happened in Conesville,” Iowa Auditor Rob Sand said at a Tuesday press conference. “The City Clerk who had the keys to the kingdom made off with taxpayer money.”
Nearly 100 protesters registered their opposition to the “one big beautiful” reconciliation bill with representatives in U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst’s Cedar Rapids office on Wednesday.
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