Democratic lawmakers question the cost, ‘use of state resources’
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Democratic lawmakers question the cost, ‘use of state resources’
Trial starts this week for Drew Blahnik charged with fatal stabbing Chris Bagley in 2018. Jury selection started and continues Thursday.
Officials have voted to declare two Iowa counties as Second Amendment sanctuaries where any laws hindering gun rights cannot be enforced, joining similar efforts across the country and coming even as Iowa has significantly loosened firearms regulations.
In partnership with the University of Georgia, a UI team recently published promising findings showing a single-dose inhaled COVID-19 vaccine fully protected mice against lethal infection and also blocked animal-to-animal transmission.
Fire crews used ground ladders and fire escapes to help several people escape from an apartment building fire in the Wellington Heights neighborhood in southeast Cedar Rapids.
A judge said Wednesday he’ll delay sentencing the man convicted of killing University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts in 2018 after defense attorneys asserted authorities withheld information about investigations into a nearby sex trafficking ring the lawyers say could have been involved in the fatal stabbing.
Nola L. Wardell, 51, of Calumet City, Ill., faces a charge of first-degree arson after authorities say she set a front porch ablaze at a residence in southwest Cedar Rapids in April.
Both University of Iowa and Iowa State University this week reported new external funding records for the budget year that wrapped June 30.
HACAP Food Reservoir receives nearly $40,000 from Eastern Iowa Walmart and Sam’s Club stores.
This project would bring nearly 200 housing units, plus some commercial space, to the city at the former Terex property.
The Cedar Rapids City Council on Tuesday approved placing the measure to extend the local-option sales tax on the Nov. 2 ballot to continue funding its Paving for Progress street-repair program.
Just weeks before starting her tenure as 22nd University of Iowa president, Barbara Wilson recently signed a formal employment contract and deferred compensation plan that includes some notable differences from those of her predecessor Bruce Harreld.
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