The three Cedar Rapids mayoral candidates want local control on COVID-19 response, but in a Thursday forum were split on their support for mask mandates.
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The three Cedar Rapids mayoral candidates want local control on COVID-19 response, but in a Thursday forum were split on their support for mask mandates.
After hearing from elected officials and activists, federal voting rights activists will march to the Ped Mall
Animations of these replantings, as well as further public engagement opportunities, will be on the ReLeaf engagement website at
Democrats repeated the party’s demand last week that Gov. Reynolds reverse her earlier decision to reject $95 million in federal funds that could be used for COVID-19 mitigation in schools.
Unlike the spike in cases last winter, more than half the new cases are among younger Iowans.
The reason Iowa City, with 74,000 residents, doesn’t have a water tower goes back to the early 1970s, when city leaders decided ground storage reservoirs required less maintenance than elevated water towers.
A proposed class-action lawsuit claims that Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds’ decision to cut off enhanced unemployment benefits for tens of thousands of residents violated state law and asks a court to reinstate their eligibility.
The number of inmates held in Iowa prisons crept up last fiscal year but the population was down significantly from the record count of a decade ago as COVID-19 has forced changes.
The UI law professor now serves in the Iowa House
Previous Director Scott Hock recently left the role after three years, but the next department head will have opportunities to revamp programming and replenish the tree canopy from the derecho.
The Columbus Junction facility is planning to change its slaughtering methods from an electric-stunning process to use of carbon dioxide.
Iowa Economic Development Authority gives the Cedar Rapids company almost $180,000 in tax credits and loans.
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