Bill would allow state courts to order undocumented immigrants deported
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Bill would allow state courts to order undocumented immigrants deported
President Joe Biden “willfully” retained and disclosed highly classified materials when he was a private citizen, including documents about military and foreign policy in Afghanistan and other sensitive national security matters, according to a Justice Department report that nonetheless says no criminal charges are warranted for him or anyone else.
With a September 2024 trial date looming and both sides sparring over discovery, the Story County District Court in January abruptly dismissed an Iowa State University graduate student’s 2022 lawsuit accusing the school, a fellow student, and two professors of sexual harassment, fostering a hostile work environment, gender discrimination, and retaliation.
A state regulatory panel rules local governments can’t impose their own ordinances over the proposed CO2 pipeline’s route.
Cedar Rapids school board to consider agreement with Shive-Hattery to guide the district in planning for possible November 2025 referendum.
Most Eastern Iowa trees need 800 or more “chill hours” between 32 and 45 degrees to break dormancy. Days when the temperature is below 32 degrees, like it was in early January, don’t count toward the total. Neither do days when nighttime temperatures are above 45 degrees.
Overall, fewer students enrolled in credit-earning courses across Iowa’s 15 community colleges in the full 2023 academic year – even as more students than ever before jointly enrolled in one or more courses while still in high school.
Also, bill advances to limit ‘obscene performances’
The GOP legislator who introduced the bill said it is needed to close a loophole in the state’s collective bargaining law, while a Democrat called it ‘union-busting’
The bill would allow the Department of Health and Human Services to regulate sale and distribution and set a maximum potency limit for products derived from hemp. It would also ban the use of consumable hemp products by people under age 21 and impose criminal penalties on people and businesses that sell or give those products to minors.
Democrats’ proposal would freeze tuition, while Republicans would cap tuition increases for undergrads
An Iowa Athletics assistant IT director was charged with sending pornographic photos and videos to a girl under 16, along with ‘hundreds’ of messages telling her he wanted to have sex with her.
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