The Cedar Rapids neighborhood that was devastated by the 2008 flood now has rehabilitated housing, new businesses, and a nonprofit grocery store. Local leaders hope new flood protections are next.
Iowa courts put measures in place to make court interpreters a priority to provide non-English speaking defendants, litigants, witnesses and victims in criminal and civil courts with equal access to justice.
Back in mid-March more than a month before the Iowa Legislature passed a bill imposing on Iowa’s public universities sweeping diversity, equity, and inclusion restrictions that go beyond directives from their governing Board of Regents Republican lawmakers sought a DEI update from the campuses.