Erik Helland, the governor’s appointee to the State Public Employment Relations Board, failed to earn Senate confirmation earlier this year
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Erik Helland, the governor’s appointee to the State Public Employment Relations Board, failed to earn Senate confirmation earlier this year
Maquoketa Caves State Park, where police say a man killed three people and himself, is set to reopen Thursday morning.
Jim Leach says he’s looking for ‘decency’ in candidates
Iowa agriculture groups are calling on President Joe Biden to lift tariffs on fertilizer products, which the groups say are driving up prices and hurting farmers and consumers.
Also, recent polling shows a statistical tie in Iowa’s attorney general campaign
The appointment gives Iowa’s Republican governor a fifth appointment on the seven-member high court.
Though two residents appealed plans to build 89 single-family houses east of Cargill’s contentious rail yard site in a new Kestrel Heights subdivision, the Cedar Rapids City Council unanimously allowed the developer to proceed with construction plans
Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller announced Teva has agreed to contribute more than $4.3 billion in cash and medications to settle lawsuits in various states, including Iowa.
The City Council paused bus fares at the beginning of the pandemic by allocating federal funding of $2.88 million in fiscal 2021 and $3.72 million in fiscal 2022.
Republicans are focusing their campaigning on inflation, high gas prices and social issues in schools. Many Democrats in the suburbs are focusing attention on Iowa issues, namely abortion rights in the state and support for public schools.
While not a silver bullet, Eastern Iowa airport officials say raising the retirement age will help airlines contend with a pilot shortage that have caused them to cut flights.
The city will award $450,000 to Marion businesses affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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