Republican lawmakers’ efforts to protect children from books and material they view as obscene would extend beyond schools to all public libraries under a proposal advanced Monday. Opponents say Iowa law already includes a test that determines whether books and other materials are obscene.
Brad Sherman, a former one-term Republican state lawmaker formally announced plans on Monday to run for Iowa governor, setting up a potential primary challenge to incumbent Gov. Kim Reynolds.
A multimillion-dollar gift from a Grinnell College alum and technology pioneer will help the private university transform its computer science offerings for students, with funds going to faculty, equipment and more.
A Cedar Rapids teen is facing several gun charges after police say he shot a firearm toward a vehicle outside a Casey’s in southeast Cedar Rapids.
Ben Rogers, the Linn County supervisor for District 2, announced Monday that he will resign his seat, effective April 1. He has served on the board for 16 years.
Available at the Cedar Valley Humane Society
About two-thirds of Americans say the U.S. government is spending “too little” on Social Security and education, according to a January AP-NORC poll.
Also, tickets available for Marion’s State of the City address next month
More than a century ago, a Civil War cannon proudly sat in Greene Square in Cedar Rapids. Today, the park is cannon-less and Scott Huffman of Cedar Rapids wants to know where the cannon went.
A spokesperson for MidAmerican said the study is “misleading” and highlights certain pieces of data to “to further its agenda.”
In the lawsuit, filed in 2019, developer Energy Transfer accuses Greenpeace of defamation and orchestrating criminal behavior by Dakota Access pipeline protesters.
Iowa has the fastest-growing rate of new cancers and ranks second-highest in cancer rates compared with other states. That has caught the attention of some Iowa lawmakers, who are aiming to address the problem with proposed legislation.
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