Both of Iowa’s Republican U.S. Senators say abortion regulations should be decided by individual states
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Both of Iowa’s Republican U.S. Senators say abortion regulations should be decided by individual states
The day the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade – upending nearly 50 years of precedent by finding no constitutional right to an abortion exists – University of Iowa President Barbara Wilson emailed the UI community asking that the campus remains “a place for open and respectful discussion of differences.”
After four weeks of stable case counts, the number of new COVID-19 cases jumped 30 percent in Iowa in the past week compared to the week before. Statewide hospitalizations also increased, according to new state and federal coronavirus data released Wednesday.
Bolstered by tens of millions in federal stimulus and COVID aid, both of Iowa’s public research universities busted external funding records in fiscal 2022 – by $49 million at the University of Iowa and $42.6 million at Iowa State University.
Surging prices for gas, food and rent catapulted U.S. inflation to a new four-decade peak in June, further pressuring households and likely sealing the case for another large interest rate hike by the Federal Reserve, with higher borrowing costs to follow.
“If you look at Iowa City as a place that is fast-growing and diverse, it will need more deliberate actions for neighborhoods to develop,” said Ayman Sharif, Iowa City’s new outreach & engagement specialist.
Two young girls from Evansdale, Lyric Cook-Morrissey and Elizabeth Collins, went for a bike ride ten years ago and never came home. Their bodies were found months several later at a nearby wildlife park, but the case has yet to be solved.
The $1,400 checks are going to low-income residents negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, including those excluded from pandemic relief checks most Americans received, like refugees and immigrants.
Gov. Kim Reynolds, with public health and law enforcement officials, detailed efforts Tuesday to raise awareness of a dramatic rise in fentanyl seen in Iowa.
“It revealed just innumerable galaxies in this one deep image, staring back to almost the dawn of the universe,” she said. “It’s seeing galaxies that were just forming. I was at a loss for words. I was just absolutely stunned.”
Also, Franken’s campaign reported raising $2.8 million in the past federal fundraising quarter
Also, 4 public transit infrastructure projects receive $1.5 million in state funding
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