Also in today’s Capitol Notebook, the Iowa Department of Education announced $8 million in a new round of grant funding to recognize and reward teacher excellence.
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Also in today’s Capitol Notebook, the Iowa Department of Education announced $8 million in a new round of grant funding to recognize and reward teacher excellence.
The City of Coralville will use multiple funding streams to pay for construction of a new recreation center. That includes a loan, repaid with property taxes, as well as local-option sales tax revenue, if voters OK the tax in November.
Iowa Democrats celebrated Catelin Drey’s victory, saying the Tuesday results — alongside results from other special elections this year — mark a turning point for the state party following several election cycles of overwhelming GOP victories.
Cedar Rapids City Council members on Tuesday voted to adopt the plans, specifications and cost estimate for a new dog park at Jones Park in southwest Cedar Rapids.
President Donald Trump says the Senate’s century-old tradition of allowing home state senators to sign off on some federal judge and U.S. attorney nominees is “old and outdated.” Republican senators, including Iowa U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley, disagree.
Democratic gubernatorial candidates Rob Sand and Julie Stauch both say they would propose significant changes to the state program that provides taxpayer-funded scholarships for K-12 private school tuition.
Cedar Rapids City Council member Tyler Olson has announced his intent to run for re-election. Olson serves in an at-large capacity on the council. He was first elected to the nine-member council in 2017 and won re-election in 2021.
Also in today’s Capitol Notebook, Iowa AG Brenna Bird joins a bipartisan coalition urging artificial intelligence firms to protect children from harmful chatbots.
The Linn County Board of Supervisors has unanimously advanced a proposal to add nuclear energy generation to the county’s zoning code.
The state agency that denied a request for inspection reports on a Cedar Rapids home health agency now says that denial was based on an incorrect assumption that it wouldn’t have any such records.
Seventeen area nonprofits have been selected to receive a combined $100,000 in funding for community and economic development projects across Linn County.
With the buzz surrounding plans in Texas and California to carve up state maps in a tit-for-tat redistricting battle, one curious Iowan asked The Gazette: Could the same happen in Iowa?
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