Hundreds gathered in College Green Park in Iowa City on Thursday evening for the Aquí Estamos March for Immigrant Dignity and Justice. The march, which ended with a rally on the Ped Mall, was a chance for community members to show their support of immigrants and their opposition to Trump administration policies and ICE actions, […]
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Iowa Republicans advance bill with a ban on Medicaid funding for all forms of gender-affirming care
On Wednesday, Iowa Senate Republicans advanced a bill with a provision that would cut off funding for medical treatments for people with gender dysphoria, despite testimony pointing to a medical consensus that stopping access to such treatments can increase the risk of suicide among transgender people. This is the first piece of anti-trans legislation Iowa […]
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Democrat Angel Ramirez wins special election for Iowa House seat in a landslide
Angel Ramirez won Tuesday’s special election in Iowa House District 78 in a landslide. The Cedar Rapids Democrat won 2,742 of the 3,470 votes cast in the district, according to the vote count published by the Linn County Auditor’s Office. Bernie Hayes, chair of Linn County Republicans, received 721 votes in the special election. There […]
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Iowa atheist group sues Reynolds, Reynolds sues Des Moines Register over her withholding documents
Gov. Kim Reynolds’ use of executive privilege to withhold documents from the public and the media led to two lawsuits being filed in Polk County District Court on Friday. In one, Iowa Atheists and Freethinkers (IAF) is suing the governor’s office over its withholding documents related to the decision to prevent the Iowa Satanic Temple […]
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Federal judge issues temporary restraining order protecting UI students whose visas were revoked by Trump administration
A federal judge issued a temporary restraining order on Thursday, stopping the potential deportation of four University of Iowa international students. DHS had canceled their visas without informing either the students or the university in advance, as part of the Trump administration’s sweeping and seemingly arbitrary cancellation of the visas of more than 1,800 students […]
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Peak Iowa: A brief history of cornhole
A slanted board with a hole cut in it. A small beanbag. An underhand toss. Almost everyone knows the game from that basic description. But what’s its true name? Cornhole? Bags? Whatever you call it, it’s been a staple of tailgating, backyard cookouts and beach parties for generations. Tossing a beanbag through a hole on […]
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Hundreds gather in Iowa City as part of a nationwide ‘Day of Action’ against the Trump administration
For the second time this month, Iowa Avenue between Clinton and Dubuque streets was blocked off as people rallied in downtown Iowa City on Saturday to protest the actions of the Trump administration. “We’re not protesters at all,” Sue Thompson of Indivisible Johnson County said at the beginning of the rally. “We are the protectors.” […]
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GreenState Credit Union forecloses on The Chauncey and other Moen properties in downtown Iowa City
GreenState Credit Union has foreclosed on one of Iowa City’s best-known buildings, The Chauncey, as well as some other significant properties owned by real estate developer Marc Moen and business partners. The properties will be sold off at a sheriff’s auction, the Corridor Business Journal (CBJ) reported Thursday. GreenState sued Moen and his associates on […]
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Former U.S. Attorney Kevin Techau becomes the first Democrat to challenge Rep. Ashley Hinson in 2026: ‘Our state deserves better’
Kevin Techau announced on Thursday he is running for Congress in Iowa’s 2nd District, which includes Cedar Rapids and covers much of northeastern Iowa. Techau has held both state and federal offices, but this is his first run for an elected office. Techau lives in Cedar Rapids with his wife, Stephanie. The couple have two […]
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International students at private colleges in the Quad Cities have had their visas canceled by the Trump administration
Five international students at two private colleges in the Quad Cities have had their student visas revoked by the Trump administration, the Quad-City Times reported on Wednesday. Two of the students are enrolled at St. Ambrose University in Davenport and the other three attend Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois. “Given the fast-moving situation, and […]
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‘We are entering a new Gilded Age — and it’s time to fight back’: Democrat Nathan Sage launches a run for Joni Ernst’s Senate seat
“I’m Nathan Sage, dad, mechanic, sports radio host, vet, child of a trailer park in Iowa,” the first Iowa Democrat to enter the 2026 U.S. Senate race says in a video posted online Wednesday morning. “And I’m going to kick corporate Republican Joni Ernst’s ass next November.” Sage, the executive director of the Knoxville Chamber […]
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Five UI international students have had their visas revoked; ISU and UNI students’ visas ‘flagged’ by the Trump administration
A total of five international students at the University of Iowa have now had their student visas revoked, according to a news release sent out early Tuesday morning by COGS, the union for graduate student workers at UI. COGS said the number of visa revocations was provided during a webinar on Monday hosted by UI […]
