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A study published by Brown and Princeton universities shows that kindergarten tuition at Iowa private schools went up by between 21 percent and 24 percent since the implementation of the state’s Education Savings Account program.

Donald Trump became the first former president to be convicted of felony crimes Thursday as a New York jury found him guilty of falsifying business records in a scheme to illegally influence the 2016 election through hush money payments to a porn actor who said the two had sex.

Shellsburg man accused of helping Traer woman kill her husband in 2021 asked a judge Thursday to lower his $1 million bail because it’s unreasonable. Prosecutor wants it hiked up to $5 million because he believes Danker has access to “large sum of cash.”

County and local officials across the state were advising Iowans that 911 call centers are operational but calls from landline phones could not be completed, automatic alarm systems might not be functioning properly and administrative lines may be down.

To date, Medline has received two reports of entrapment deaths associated with the recalled Bed Assist Bars in the U.S — involving a 76-year-old woman who died in an Iowa senior nursing facility in 2019 and a 87-year-old woman who died at a South Carolina residential care facility in 2023.

Tanager Place’s second annual LGBTQ+ Youth Summer Camp in August is free for middle and high school kids.

While some legislative primary elections are small, low-budget grassroots affairs, others have seen fundraising of tens of thousands of dollars, TV advertising and endorsements from prominent statewide groups.

To fuel downtown Cedar Rapids’ revitalization as it emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic, a local panel is looking to hire an executive director, occupy a physical storefront and raise private dollars to fund initiatives that make the urban core more vibrant.