A 12-member committee charged with helping find Iowa State University’s next president aims to cast a wide applicant net, leaning toward using the word “preferred” instead of “required” for candidate attributes like a terminal degree or higher ed experience.
Also in The Gazette’s Capitol Notebook, Canadian National Railway announces $38 million investment in Iowa
Community college leaders and advocates say they are feeling confused and left out of conversations that led to the list of eligible career fields for the Last-Dollar Scholarship program being cut down by one-third.
Senate Republicans hauled President Donald Trump’s big tax breaks and spending cuts bill to passage Tuesday on the narrowest of margins, pushing past opposition from Democrats and their own GOP ranks after a turbulent overnight session.
The former local TV news anchor wants to expand housing and grow Cedar Rapids’ population and workforce
A Cedar Rapids man who was distributing fentanyl was sentenced to 4 years in federal prison. Officers recovered 227 pills containing the drug during a traffic stop.
A Dubuque County man was sentenced to 9 years in federal prison for distributing child porn. He was nabbed after sending three videos to an undercover law enforcement officer.
A visual walk through The Gazette’s best photos for the second half of June 2025
William Wilker had a tiny shop at the back of his home where he created wooden chains made of oak, walnut, jack pine, and birdseye maple.
President Donald Trump, Iowa U.S. Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks and a former state lawmaker refiled a lawsuit in state court against Iowa pollster J. Ann Selzer and the Des Moines Register on Monday.
A federal judge granted a 2-week pause while a lawsuit is considered over a new state law that addresses pharmacy benefit managers, rural pharmacies and prescription drug costs
Abigail Maas will seek the Republican nomination for the job in 2026, setting up a primary challenge against Iowa Lt. Gov. Chris Cournoyer.
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