Federal funding for Iowa library systems — and the public services they support — could be at risk following a presidential directive targeting a federal agency that provides financial support to libraries across the U.S.
And how many bills did Republican leaders tuck in their pocket to potentially resurrect in the session’s closing weeks?
Republican leaders in the Iowa House and Senate said they are carefully monitoring the impact of sweeping tariffs on U.S. imports announced this week by President Donald Trump as they draft the state's budget.
A Johnson County jury deliberated for two hours Friday before convicting a Chicago man of sexually assaulting an Iowa City woman in 2018. He faces 10 years in prison.
The Academy for Scholastic and Personal Success, which has empowered Black and biracial students in Cedar Rapids for more than 35 years, is preparing to transition to a new chapter with the retirement of its founder and executive director, Ruth White.
A judge moved a wrongful death civil trial back to Polk County for Cedar Rapids parents who are suing Adventureland Park over son’s water raft death in 2021.
A Grimes man faces what will be a life sentence for trying to kill three Cedar Rapids police officers during a standoff at The Chelsea Apartments in February. He pleaded to 3 charges of attempted murder and faces 50 years, which is mandatory because the victims were officers.
This week on the podcast: legislative forums in Eastern Iowa and the second funnel week at the Iowa Capitol.
Hours after global stock markets tumbled, Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Maria Cantwell (D-Washington) introduced a bill Thursday requiring Congress to approve any tariffs within 60 days of their proposal by the president.
One person died Thursday after a crash between a car and a pedestrian on Interstate 80 near Williamsburg, according to the Iowa State Patrol.
Stock markets worldwide are careening even lower Friday after China matched President Donald Trump’s big raise in tariffs in an escalating trade war. Not even a better-than-expected report on the U.S. job market, which is usually the economic highlight of each month, was enough to stop the slide.
In seeking its own batch of records from a bankrupt Mercy Iowa City — which last week won a court order for voluminous documents in its ongoing liquidation battle — the community hospital’s former managing affiliate MercyOne is airing new details about backroom discussions, discord, and deals that precipitated Mercy Iowa City’s downfall.
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