Justin Blietz on voluntary leave after asking middle school’s staff to join him
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Justin Blietz on voluntary leave after asking middle school’s staff to join him
Three busy weeks into her new job as Northern Iowa’s athletics director, Megan Franklin may not have all the detailed answers just yet that the most fervent Panthers fans are looking for.
Republican Reps. Ashley Hinson, Mariannette Miller-Meeks and Zach Nunn each submitted the maximum number of requests. Rep. Randy Feenstra didn’t submit any for the fourth straight year.
Years after first initiating a plan to expand its maternity services — which delivered nearly 3,000 babies in 2023 — University of Iowa Health Care next week will seek Board of Regents permission to pursue a $74 million, 30,000-square-foot renovation for expanded labor, delivery, and postpartum patient care.
Listen to politics reporters from across the state debrief primary results and other political news
Also, Cedar Rapids Horizons wins transit grant
Despite drier than typical conditions last week in Iowa, the abundant rainfall of preceding weeks has continued to percolate into deeper soil that can be important for crop growth, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
If Summit’s proposed CO2 pipeline is approved, the water used by ethanol plants on and off the route would be equal to the annual water use of 529,000 people -- more than the population of the Cedar Rapids and Iowa City corridor, according to a new Sierra Club report.
Senate Republicans Wednesday rejected the Democratic-led "Right to Contraception Act," which would have ensured nationwide protections for access to birth control.
The criminal trial of a former University of Iowa student and fraternity brother arrested in connection with an alleged 2020 sexual assault, which was supposed to start this week, has been postponed pending a related civil trial.
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