This week on the podcast: We cover a couple of topics as we pretend anything else is anywhere near as important as Gov. Kim Reynolds announcing she’s not running for re-election next year.
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This week on the podcast: We cover a couple of topics as we pretend anything else is anywhere near as important as Gov. Kim Reynolds announcing she’s not running for re-election next year.
The Iowa Supreme Court has removed from the bench a magistrate who questioned the veracity of an alleged sexual assault victim because he was a teenage male and asked whether a defendant in a separate case was a “wetback.”
Nearly a year after Iowa saw historic flooding and fatal tornadoes, legislation proposed by Gov. Kim Reynolds that would help fund and streamline the assistance process for rebuilding after natural disasters is going to her desk for approval.
One person is dead after a two-vehicle crash on Highway 30, between Clarence and Lowden Thursday afternoon.
He was found deceased in the Sigler House, the president’s residence, in the late morning of April 17 during a wellness check after failing to appear for morning meetings, said Simpson College Board of Trustees Chair Terry Handley during a news conference.
Following vocal criticism of an initial revision to Iowa’s science education standards that stripped away phrases like “climate change” and “biological evolution” from what students should learn throughout their K-12 education, a second draft has returned references to those terms.
Susie Meade will be shared between the Cedar Rapids-based agency and Heartland AEA in Johnston
The Iowa City Council this week narrowly adopted the city’s 2026 fiscal budget, with three of the seven council members dissenting after a failed motion to reduce planned spending for the police department.
Legislation adding new requirements to Iowa's open records laws was amended in the Iowa Senate on Thursday to bar the public from accessing Iowa Capitol security camera footage.
Also in the Capitol Notebook: Iowa House amends, sends prenatal education requirement back to the Iowa Senate
The proposal, which would abolish a board formed in Cedar Rapids after Black Lives Matter protests, needs only Gov. Kim Reynolds’ signature to become law.
City bought lot at 21 S. Linn St. for $4.5 million in 2023
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