The city is seeking over $3.5 million in American Rescue Plan Act funds allocated by the state to fund two major projects that will contribute to the city’s goal of making Marion a regional destination.
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The city is seeking over $3.5 million in American Rescue Plan Act funds allocated by the state to fund two major projects that will contribute to the city’s goal of making Marion a regional destination.
The Iowa Supreme Court’s next justice will be one of three finalists announced Monday by the state’s judicial nominating commission.
In Iowa, Democrats used to hold the advantage in party changers by a 2-to-1 margin. That’s flipped over the last year, with Republicans ahead by a similar amount.
At least a half-dozen GOP presidential prospects are planning Iowa visits this summer.
Gazette’s Fact Checker team looks at claim by U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst that the federal government is spending $3 million a day to guard steel and other materials left over when President Joe Biden ended border wall construction.
President Joe Biden has proposed a three-month suspension of the 18-cent federal gas tax and called on states to enact their own.
With COVID-19 shaking up the businesses that make up Cedar Rapids’ urban core, city leaders contemplate what factors create a vibrant downtown. “This is an opportunity for us to re-imagine what we want our downtown to look like,” Mayor O’Donnell said
One of the recommendations of the Gather Here Recreation Master Plan is to close the downtown pool at Robert A. Lee Recreation. The Iowa City Council is faced with many questions as it begins discussing the plan, including invest in the pool or use that money to add a warm water pool at Mercer Aquatic Center.
Recap of news from across the state
State Rep. Charlie McClintock came out two votes ahead of combat veteran Colman Silbernagel in a reversal of unofficial election night results in the June 7 GOP primary for Iowa Senate District 42 following hand recounts of the ballots.
On this week’s edition of the On Iowa Politics podcast: Recent Supreme Court rulings on abortion and gun laws and the future of the Iowa Caucuses
Iowa’s Republican members of the U.S. House of Representatives voted against a bipartisan gun bill that cleared Congress on a mostly party-line vote and is headed to President Joe Biden for his signature.
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