Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds’ proposed energy legislation includes a right of first refusal to incumbent energy companies to build new transmission projects
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Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds’ proposed energy legislation includes a right of first refusal to incumbent energy companies to build new transmission projects
Hinson announced the town hall Tuesday on her official Facebook page, and said she will provide an update on her work in Congress and answer questions.
The suit claimed the public school district’s policy that restricted bathroom use for transgender students and visitors was distressing and violated his rights. The dismissal follows the impending removal of ‘gender identity’ as a protected Iowa class.
State legislator Sami Scheetz, a Democrat from Cedar Rapids, was chosen Tuesday to replace outgoing supervisor Ben Rogers.
After two-plus years fighting a medical negligence lawsuit involving the death of a 75-year-old University of Iowa cancer patient — who was found unresponsive on the floor next to her inpatient bed three days postsurgery — the state has negotiated a settlement to pay the family $1.5 million.
A judge won’t dismiss a first-degree murder charge against Andrew Shaw, accused of hiring two men to fatally stab Chris Bagley in 2018. The judge also ruled in favor of the defense to exclude some testimony.
A look at Gazette photojournalists’ best photos in the second half of March 2025
A Cedar Rapids man, whose three brothers were arrested last week on charges they unintentionally caused his death by tying him to a bed for multiple days, died from “complications of probably starvation and dehydration in a setting of physical restraint,” according to criminal complaints filed over the weekend.
Muhammad Ali’s visit to Cedar Rapids in 1982 came about six months after his final fight, a loss to Trevor Berbick.
In her first visit to Iowa, U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins on Monday said the administration may provide emergency aid to farmers — as it did during Trump’s first term — to offset losses from retaliatory tariffs on agriculture exports imposed by America’s trading partners.
Also in the Capitol Notebook: An Iowa House-passed ban on requiring DEI courses at public universities for graduation is moving in the Senate.
Iowa House Democrats highlighted their plans to end state taxes on tips and overtime pay as the session’s second legislative deadline approaches at the State Capitol this week.
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