Iowa cities would not be allowed to ban residents from owning specific dog breeds under a bill House lawmakers passed Tuesday.
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Iowa cities would not be allowed to ban residents from owning specific dog breeds under a bill House lawmakers passed Tuesday.
A Cedar Rapids man who intentionally set fire to a house and left 15 animals inside to die was sentenced Tuesday to 12 years in prison.
Legislation that would require Iowa caucus participants to vote in-person — which would effectively kill Iowa Democrats’ plan for mail-in caucusing in 2024 — was introduced this week in the Iowa House by Republican state lawmaker Bobby Kaufmann, the son of Republican Party of Iowa state chairman Jeff Kaufmann.
One of those projects is a $40 to $49 million expansion and build-out of its six-year-old Stead Family Children’s Hospital that -- with price escalations during construction, court-ordered payouts post-construction, and faulty work requiring widespread window repair -- already has seen its price swell from a $270.8 million budget to up to $450 million.
A prosecutor says motive for North Liberty man helping his girlfriend kill her stepmother in 2022 was money. They also left behind evidence of Snapchat video about suffocating her with a pillow.
Gov. Kim Reynolds has asked the court to allow a court-blocked 2018 law to go into effect; abortion rights groups argue the law should remain blocked.
“By this time next year, I am done making weather calls,” he said in his message to families Tuesday.
Victim advocates are urging Republican Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird to continue allowing the state’s victim compensation funds to cover contraception and abortion care for rape victims, noting a majority of those served by the fund are juvenile victims of sexual abuse.
A boost of over $180 million will more than double the Army Corps of Engineers’ contribution toward construction of the city of Cedar Rapids’ flood control system on the east side of the Cedar River, enabling construction to wrap up by the end of 2026.
Madison Elementary could be demolished and its school attendance zone would be combined with Harrison.
Residents can visit the Community Room at the Ladd Library, 3750 Williams Blvd. SW, from 4 to 6 p.m. May 1 for an update on the project. There are likely to be schematic drawings available to look at from architects.
Collins Aerospace sits on early airstrip in Cedar Rapids
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