Abby Finkenauer, a Democrat hoping to claim Republican Chuck Grassley’s seat in the U.S. Senate, says the long-serving senator tried to roll back the Affordable Care Act at least 12 times since the law was enacted in 2010.
Summit Schools will host “Social Emotional Learning: What it is and why it matters” virtual panel discussion on Thursday at 6:30 p.m. on Summit’s Facebook Live and Y
For example: “14 Under 14” recipient Dafne Gonzalez, 8, a third-grader at Hoover Community School, translates for a Spanish-speaking peer in her classroom.
Iowa City will work with the cities of Henderson, Nev., and Eau Claire, Wis. The collaborative grant will look at zoning code in each of the three cities and how to increase housing diversity.
Pipsy is a 3-year-old medium female terrier mix available for adoption at the Cedar Valley Humane Society.
The City of Iowa City’s Office of Equity and Human Rights is hosting events focused on fair housing in April in honor of the 54th anniversary of the landmark Fair Housing Act of 1968.
A bill waiting for Gov. Kim Reynolds to sign into law would strip local city councils of regulating the sale of fireworks, frustrating efforts of cities like Cedar Rapids and Iowa City to crack down on the consumer explosives in response to citizen complaints and a rise in injuries.
In a dispute dating to 2010, the Iowa State Association of Counties is taking the state to court in an effort to avoid paying sales tax.
A Cedar Rapids man who called 911 Saturday to report a woman's “heroin overdose” has been charged with murder after police found the woman with what appeared to be blunt force head trauma, according to a criminal complaint.
A look back at what’s been in the news in Iowa in the past week
This year’s first case was announced March 2, while in 2015 it did not appear in Iowa until April 20. With the disease being spread by wild birds, it could continue throughout the migratory season.
On one side are investors who want to deliver CO2 from Iowa ethanol plants to sequestration sites in other states. In an unusual pairing, they’ve been joined by some labor unions. On the other side, are “unusual bedfellows” — environmentalists, farmers, landowners and property rights advocates as well as opponents of large-scale farming and ethanol — calling for the Iowa Utilities Board to reject eminent domain for pipeline construction.
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