About 260,000 Iowans receive SNAP benefits to keep hunger at bay. In October, for the first time in SNAP’s history, the federal government decided that the government shutdown extended to the vital program.
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About 260,000 Iowans receive SNAP benefits to keep hunger at bay. In October, for the first time in SNAP’s history, the federal government decided that the government shutdown extended to the vital program.
Fifteen households either have or will relocate to the area as part of the pilot program to increase the local population and tax base.
More than 54,000 Iowa high school students are jointly enrolled in community college credit coursework, a number that’s been steadily climbing for the last decade.
After months of uncertainty over its future, an online resource for tracking the financial cost of weather and climate disasters throughout the United States has been revived.
The Gazette’s annual special section dedicated to skilled trades in Eastern Iowa.
At a Cedar Rapids church, three Democratic U.S. Senate candidates — Josh Turek, Zach Wahls, and Nathan Sage — reflected on the Black national anthem’s lessons of unity, hope and perservearance, sharing personal stories that shape their priorities on healthcare, equity, and economic justice.
For the fourth straight year, University of Iowa Athletics in 2025 set a new revenue record of $153.2 million — while athletics revenue at Iowa State University and University of Northern Iowa declined, leaving UNI with a nearly $3 million deficit.
In Cedar Rapids, travelers are advised that connecting flights may be affected by the shutdown order.
Andrew Shaw was sentenced to up to 50 years in prison for the Dec. 14, 2018 fatal stabbing of Chris Bagley. Shaw is the fourth man sentenced in Bagley’s killing.
Also in the Notebook, Gov. Reynolds orders flags at half-staff to honor former Vice President Dick Cheney
Iowa U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson met with veterans in Cedar Rapids about efforts to end the record-long government shutdown, ensure SNAP and military pay, reform ACA subsidies, and preserve the Senate filibuster as a bipartisan “guardrail.”
Luke Truesdell, when asked what happened June 5, 2024 after four people were bludgeoned with a metal pipe, told a detective he “hit them” and where authorities could find the murder weapon — a metal pipe.
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