Government & Politics

The five-week pre-apprenticeship program creates a pathway for Iowans to qualify for and complete a skilled trades apprenticeship. Iowa City is investing more than $400,000 in pandemic relief dollars, which will allow the Labor Center to run the program for the next four years.

Two high-ranking officials in Cedar Rapids City Hall who have served Iowa’s second-largest city for decades will leave their positions this month, prompting an organizational restructuring.

The city of Cedar Rapids is negotiating a deal to purchase land from Rick and Marsha Stickle for no more than $10 million to build the flood control levee around Cedar Lake.

Six women will make up the Iowa House Democratic leadership team in 2023, the first time in Iowa history an all-female team has led a legislative caucus.

Iowans who have yet to receive their gold star license to become compliant under federal law to fly domestically will have extra time to do so.

Also, new guidance on retirement tax exemption and new leadership positions in the state House and Senate

A police video capturing a clash between the EMT and Cedar Falls officers is available to the public for a price, the city says -- $700.

The grants will be funded with $250,000 in American Rescue Plan Act dollars