The Iowa Supreme Court on Friday upheld much of a 2019 jury verdict that found the state discriminated against a transgender state prison employee by denying him the use of men's restrooms and locker rooms.
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The Iowa Supreme Court on Friday upheld much of a 2019 jury verdict that found the state discriminated against a transgender state prison employee by denying him the use of men's restrooms and locker rooms.
Members had met weekly at Elmcrest Country Club for a number of years, but the group voted to move to a new meeting space, at Groundswell Cafe, located next to and operated by not-for-profit Matthew 25 on Third Avenue SW in the Kingston neighborhood, near downtown Cedar Rapids.
On Friday, Iowa ended participation in a federal program that offered households nationwide the maximum benefit available under SNAP — the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. Local food pantries are preparing for a spike in demand.
A girl who went missing Tuesday from Four Oaks has been found, according to police.
The 2022 Iowa primaries are today, June 7. Here is a list of candidates for U.S. and statewide offices who appear on ballots.
Darcy Havel-Sturdevant of Iowa City thought she’d be working by now, two years after being diagnosed with COVID-19.
Iowa City-area high school students are putting together a benefit concert for the Iowa Miles of Smiles Team (MOST). Iowa MOST is a coalition of Iowa-based doctors who give their time to go to underprivileged communities in Guatemala and provide free cleft lip and palate reconstruction surgery.
Prosecutor believes underlying issues, including the pandemic, contributed to spike in reports.
Artist Carl Homstad continues online virtual tours and live question and answer sessions on Tuesday at 2 p.m. in connection with the exhibition “An Artist’s Journey: Carl Homstad, 50 Years” at Vesterheim, the National Norwegian-American Museum and Folk Art School. The free event requires pre-registration; sign up at Vesterheim’s website.
There appears to be some significant ground to cover before the Republican-led Iowa House and Senate reach an agreement on those issues.
For the first time since the Board of Regents in 2016 scolded Iowa’s public universities for their regular and — at times significant — annual room and board rate hikes, Iowa State University and University of Iowa are proposing residence system rate increases for next year reaching 3 percent.
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources has fined a Waukon dairy farm $1,500 for three manure releases in 2018 caused by employees not properly using a new manure pumping system.
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