On this week’s edition of the On Iowa Politics podcast: our reporters who were on the ground give us their impressions of last week’s events featuring Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis, the massive legislation to reorganize the executive branch of state government is on Gov. Reynolds’ hand, and the train companies have made a deal.
Capt. Randy Rowland was 21 years old when he was hired as a deputy sheriff with the Linn County Sheriff’s Office in 1980. Now, at 64, he’s retiring after working for the county for almost 43 years.
The Iowa City Police Department is investigating a shots fired incident that happened late Tuesday night.
Collins Aerospace was awarded $1.85 million in state financial incentives toward its proposed $22 million expansion of its northeast Cedar Rapids campus to begin the production of microchips.
A law passed last year by Iowa legislators allows schools to stock Narcan for free, and Cedar Rapids has taken advantage of that.
The Linn County Juvenile Detention Center is seeking funding through the Mental Health/Disability Services of the East Central Region in order to continue its partnership with Tanager Place to provide mental health services to incarcerated juveniles.
As the East Central Mental Health Region prepares to vote soon on Linn and Johnson County access center budgets, Director Erin Foster hopes the region sees value in “paying to be prepared and paying to have access available.”
Renan Machado says as an advocate he may be a “punching bag” some days but doesn’t take it personally. His job is to support family and friends of a loved one lost in a violent crime.
Spring is right on track in Iowa, with daffodils and tulips expected to bloom in early to mid-April with fruit trees flowering a few weeks later, said Patrick O’Malley, a Linn County-based commercial fruit and vegetable field specialist with Iowa State Extension.
First, have good policies in place, then investigate. Employers should take the following steps to ensure that they are prepared to respond when an employee is caught stealing.
Legislation that would prohibit transgender youth from using school bathrooms and locker rooms that correspond with their gender identity is headed to Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds for her signature.
Also, House Speaker Grassley says further state income tax reductions not likely this year
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