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Iowa City Council candidates talk affordable housing

Izabela Zaluska Campaigns & Elections Oct. 24, 2021 1:40 pm1477d ago

The three at-large candidates all view affordable housing as an important issue but differ on strategies to provide more housing units.

Abdouramane Bila, candidate for Clear Creek Amana Schools District 4

Candidates Oct. 21, 2021 6:01 pm1480d ago

Abdouramane Bila and Kara Prickett are running for the District 3 seat on the Clear Creek Amana Community School District Board.

Linn supervisors award $150,000 in community attraction grants

Gage Miskimen

Local Government Oct. 21, 2021 6:00 pm1480d ago

Award of $10,000 to start-up theater causes split vote

Jennifer Downes, candidate for Clear Creek Amana Schools District 3

Candidates Oct. 21, 2021 5:39 pm1480d ago

Jennifer Downes, Michelle Emmel and Matthew Johnson are running for the District 3 seat on the Clear Creek Amana Community School District Board.

Michelle Emmel, candidate for Clear Creek Amana Schools District 3

Candidates Oct. 21, 2021 5:39 pm1480d ago

Michelle Emmel, Jennifer Downes and Matthew Johnson are running for the District 3 seat on the Clear Creek Amana Community School District Board.

Marion City Council candidates take the stage at Lowe Park

Gage Miskimen

Campaigns & Elections Oct. 22, 2021 10:20 am1479d ago

Randy Strnad and Dale Monroe vying in only contested race

Where C.R. school board candidates stand on masks and more

Grace King Campaigns & Elections Oct. 21, 2021 10:23 pm1479d ago

Nine candidates vie for three seats in Cedar Rapids school board election

Iowa redistricting plan address compactness, population equality

James Q. Lynch State Government Oct. 21, 2021 4:54 pm1480d ago

The plan by the nonpartisan Legislative Services Agency reconfigures the four congressional districts, splitting Linn and Johnson counties, and creating three districts with a nearly equal number of counties while reducing the number of counties in the west-northwest 4th District from 44 in the first plan to 39.

See the newest proposed maps for Iowa’s redistricting

The Gazette

State Government Oct. 21, 2021 5:36 pm1480d ago

The second plan for proposed 2021 redistricting maps were released Oct. 21 for Iowa’s congressional, House and Senate districts.

Infrastructure among top concerns at county meetings

James Q. Lynch

National Politics Oct. 21, 2021 3:02 pm1480d ago

Grassley also heard support from the chambers of commerce of the 10 or 12 largest Iowa cities and the Iowa Farm Bureau as well as commodity groups representing cattlemen, pork producers, and soybeans and corn growers.

Iowa agency to release second state redistricting maps

State Government Oct. 21, 2021 11:15 am1480d ago

A state agency on Thursday will release a second set of maps revising Iowa’s four congressional districts and legislative boundaries as redistricting moves to the next phase of the process.

I.C. Council discusses changes to community police review board

Izabela Zaluska

Local Government Oct. 20, 2021 6:33 pm1481d ago

Council members indicate support for increasing the board’s membership from five to seven, as well as providing funding so the board can conduct more public outreach.