The federal FAFSA form used to apply for college financial aid opened nationwide on Thursday, a year after a disastrous rollout by the Biden administration delayed the application for months.
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The federal FAFSA form used to apply for college financial aid opened nationwide on Thursday, a year after a disastrous rollout by the Biden administration delayed the application for months.
More than $30B in assets will change hands in next 10 years
Matt Gaetz withdrew Thursday as President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general following continued scrutiny over a federal sex trafficking investigation that cast doubt on the former congressman’s ability to be confirmed as the nation’s chief federal law enforcement officer.
Horizons Family Services, a Cedar Rapids nonprofit that offers meals on wheels, neighborhood transport and other services, has announced a new president and chief executive officer.
The Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission, which conducted a site visit and a public input session in Cedar Rapids, expects to vote on granting a license at its Feb. 6 meeting.
Also, Iowa ag secretary Mike Naig appoints members to a restructured state panel on soil conservation and water quality
Several buildings along First Avenue in northeast Cedar Rapids are being demolished this week to make room for parking.
The letter comes as President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take office for a second term, during which he has pledged to declare a national emergency and conduct a mass deportation of millions of undocumented immigrants and, he has suggested, possibly others as well.
Council member Andrew Dunn announced his intention to resign in January.
The driver of a semi-trailer truck died early Wednesday after veering off the road in Johnson County, according to a crash report from the Iowa State Patrol.
The choice of Whitaker as the nation’s representative to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization is an unusual one, given that his background is in law enforcement and not in foreign policy.
Southeastern Iowa counties are gearing up to recount more than 414,000 ballots in Iowa's 1st Congressional District race where less than 0.2 percent of the votes cast separate the candidates.
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