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Thirty acres of the former Transamerica site at Edgewood Road and 42nd Street in northeast Cedar Rapids would be used for commercial development, while 19 acres would become home to Cedar Rapids Prep, a new charter school set to open this year.

A so-called anti-SLAPP law is moving farther in the Iowa Legislature than it has in the past; it would allow Iowans to request expedited dismissal of a lawsuit on First Amendment grounds

Sky watchers claim Iowans have been exposed to chemicals and nanotechnology as part of governmental programs to control the weather and climate.

A day after the University of Iowa paused or slowed research-related grant applications, hiring, and general spending in response to funding cuts announced by the National Institutes of Health — the campus’ largest federal research funder — UI officials on Tuesday retracted that guidance due to a temporary restraining order on the NIH cuts.

Pulitzer Prize-winning Iowa author Marilynne Robinson reacted to the use of her name last week by a researcher and writer for the conservative National Association of Scholars, who urged Iowa lawmakers to solve a “civic literacy crisis,” and pointed to Robinson as an Iowan who embodies “the civics education and civic literacy of times past.”

NEW YORK (AP) — Trader Joe’s and other grocers are limiting the number of eggs customers can buy across the …

Improvements at Cedar Rapids’ Water Pollution Control Facility — nine years in the planning — will cost $318 million. That’s down $30 million from the original contract price because of negotiations with the contractor.

The highest potential for naturally occurring hydrogen is in the Midcontinent Rift system, which runs through central parts of the state. But what does this mean for clean energy?