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A day after a federal judge told an attorney representing four University of Iowa international students to identify themselves or drop a complaint against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the attorney filed a document with the court swapping the John Doe #1-4 labels with the real names of the men she’s representing.

The project will honor the Cedar Rapids neighborhood’s unique history and character.

Behavioral health specialists, student advocates and security personnel part of staffing additions

Leif Olson, a deputy Iowa Attorney General who came to Iowa from the Texas Attorney General’s Office and previously served in the U.S. Department of Labor, has been nominated to be the next U.S. Attorney in the Northern District of Iowa.

Gov. Kim Reynolds, who appointed Cournoyer last year to the role, said in a statement she is “proud to endorse” Cournoyer’s campaign, calling her “a true fiscal conservative with a strong record of improving government efficiencies and accountability.”

One day after state senators advanced an education budget bill starving Iowa’s public universities of any general aid increase in the coming year, the Iowa House advanced its own package cutting general education support by the amount each university was spending on diversity, equity and inclusion efforts. But unlike the Senate version, the House would increase some support for other regent initiatives and for community colleges.

Nearly 90 Jewish faculty, staff, students, and alumni across Iowa’s higher education landscape have issued a collective statement condemning threats to and attacks on their college and university campuses “in the name of the Jewish community.”

The store would sell a variety of perishable and nonperishable food items in one of the areas most affected by the closure of the First Avenue Hy-Vee in Cedar Rapids.