According to the state, the largest current outbreaks are at Black Hawk County’s Newaldaya Lifescapes, the site of 30 infections, and Linn County’s Hiawatha Care Center, where there are 26 infections.
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According to the state, the largest current outbreaks are at Black Hawk County’s Newaldaya Lifescapes, the site of 30 infections, and Linn County’s Hiawatha Care Center, where there are 26 infections.
In four years, every Iowan’s income would be taxed at 4 percent under a new proposal from Gov. Kim Reynolds, who introduced her proposed flat tax during her annual condition of the state address to the Iowa Legislature this past week. Flat taxes have their fair share of both supporters and critics.
Mary Sue Coleman was the first female president at the University of Iowa, serving from 1995 to 2002. She was tapped to be the interim president of the University of Michigan after the president there was fired in a scandal late Saturday.
A year and a half after the University of Iowa Athletics Department formed an alumni advisory committee in the wake of players alleging the football program fostered a culture of racism and bullying, head coach Kirk Ferentz on Tuesday abruptly dissolved the volunteer group following a contentious meeting.
A look back at what’s been in the news in Iowa in the past week
Eastern Iowa superintendents consider how much snow is expected, if the wind is causing snow drifts that could make it dangerous to travel, the temperature and wind chill in making their decisions about a snow day
A Cedar Rapids man is accused of driving his car toward a police officer who fired his gun at the car. Investigators identified the suspect through video and other evidence found during the investigation, according to police.
On this week’s edition of the On Iowa Politics Podcast, the Iowa legislature is in session, the federal Voting Rights bill, and Governor Reynolds' proposed flat tax.
DES MOINES — Parents must be given preference in regaining custody of their children in cases where other people have been caring for the children through a guardianship, the Iowa Supreme Court ruled Friday.
For Iowa, the congressional bipartisan infrastructure package means $431,828,580 over five years or about $86.2 million a year. That’s about 35 percent of the $240 million a year the Iowa Department of Transportation has budgeted in its 2022-26 Five-Year Program.
The Linn County supervisors meet for a third consideration on Tuesday night with a fourth likely to follow
A Vinton man, indicted with 10 others to distribute heroin and fentanyl between 2017 and last year, pleaded Friday in federal court. He faces up to 20 years in prison.
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