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GOP lawmakers reject amendments offered by Democrats condemning white nationalists pardoned by Trump

Religious leaders raise concerns of promoting Christian nationalism

Iowa House lawmakers this week advanced several bills aimed at closing Iowa's growing shortage of physicians.

House File 115 would require Iowa colleges and universities to establish policies prohibiting students, faculty and staff on nonimmigrant visas from “publicly espousing terrorist activity related to an ongoing conflict or ... persuading others to endorse or espouse terrorist activity related to an ongoing conflict or to support a terrorist organization unless it is the policy or practice of the United States to support such activity or organization.”

Iowa’s Racing and Gaming Commission voted unanimously Monday to deny a request by Riverside Casino & Golf Resort to immediately pause issuance of a gambling license in Linn County. They said the issue is one for Iowa courts to decide.

Just over 24 hours after the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission voted to grant a gaming license to build a planned $275 million casino and entertainment center near downtown Cedar Rapids, the Cedar Rapids Development Group broke ground on the new facility Friday. The celebration, however, may be premature.

After more than a decade of trying to bring a casino to Linn County, the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission voted 4-1 to grant a gaming license to build a planned $275 million casino and entertainment center near downtown Cedar Rapids.

Schools would be required to prohibit students from having phones during instructional time under a bill from Gov. Kim Reynolds that was advanced by lawmakers.

Proponent objects to Iowa permit given carbon capture pipeline

A proposed five-year moratorium on new state-licensed casinos in Iowa will not be passed into law, a key legislator said Tuesday, clearing the way for state regulators to decide later this week on a proposal for a new casino in Cedar Rapids.

Senators in the Iowa Legislature were told to keep their schedule clear Wednesday evening in anticipation of potential floor debate on a casino moratorium bill. Meanwhile, the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission is scheduled to vote Thursday on whether to grant a license for a planned $275 million casino and entertainment center near downtown Cedar Rapids.

Iowa schools would be required to replace references to the Gulf of Mexico and the Alaskan peak Denali with references to the “Gulf of America” and “Mount McKinley,” respectively, in all classroom instruction and in all new handouts provided to students, under a bill advanced by Iowa lawmakers.

The Catherine McAuley Center in Cedar Rapids says it will layoff 20 staff members, and hundreds of refugees who recently arrived in Iowa may lose support for basic necessities like food, rent and utilities after President Donald Trump’s administration halted federal funding for resettlement agencies.

State Rep. Martin Graber, R-Fort Madison, died Friday morning of a heart attack at the age of 72, according to Iowa House Republicans.

Amid confusion over Trump funding freeze, Hinson pledges to prevent ‘woke spending sprees’