Theatre Cedar Rapids, which will celebrate its 100th anniversary this year, has been awarded a $500,000 state grant to undertake renovations that will transform the inside and outside of its building in downtown Cedar Rapids.
Lobbyists for cities and traffic camera companies said the companies’ work is more efficient than government and ultimately saves taxpayers
Over the objections of Iowa state officials, federal regulators will require plans to confront heavy nitrate concentrations in rivers that provide drinking water to hundreds of thousands of Iowans.
Plans outlined this week by Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds to address the state’s physician shortage by increasing medical residency slots in the state could help bolster access to physician services and rural health care. One Iowa hospital CEO says the challenge will be making sure new residency slots can be supported at hospitals across the state.
A new rule prohibits communication between judicial nominating commissioners, who nominate Iowa judges, and the governor until the nominees are sent to the governor for appointment. The State Nominating Commission approved the rule, and it went into effect this week.
Also again, enrollment slightly dips in state’s public schools
Reynolds issued the order just days ahead of the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump, who has pledged hard-line immigration policies and mass deportations.
Also, Iowa is part of an $80 million, 48-state banking settlement
Iowa National Guard Adjutant General Steve Osborn has asked state lawmakers to exempt 17- and 18-year-old Guard members from being marked absent while performing guard duties
The legislation is similar to a law passed in Louisiana, which last year became the first U.S. state to permit judges to order surgical castration of sex offenders.
Watch a replay as Major General Stephen E. Osborn, Adjutant General of the Iowa National Guard, delivers the annual address to a joint session of the Iowa Legislature.
A version of proposed updates to Iowa’s science education standards — omitting the phrases “climate change” and “biological evolution” — is not the version a 37-member “Iowa Department of Education Science Standards Revision Team” signed off on, members said during a public forum Wednesday.
Iowa lawmakers are expected to again consider a moratorium blocking the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission from awarding new gaming licenses in the state.
Also, the state workforce agency announced details on new health care worker grants that Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds highlighted in her Condition of the State address
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