Lindale Mall owner Washington Prime files for Chapter 11
Washington Prime Group, owner of Lindale Mall in Cedar Rapids, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in Texas. The real estate firm, about 100 locations with $4 billion in assets, says mall operations will continue normally during reorganization.
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Lindale Mall
Cedar Rapids
Washington Prime Group
Texas
Kim Green
Liz Martin
the Gazette
Cedar Rapids District Eyes Restorative Justice Over Punitive SROs
Cedar Rapids Community School District plans reforms ahead of next school year to favor restorative justice over punitive actions. Data from Iowa Human Rights shows Black students face more accusations than white students in the district, says deputy superintendent Nicole Kooiker.
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Gentine Nzoyikorera
Wilsee Kollie
Kennedy High School
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Department of Human Rights
Rebecca F. Miller
the Gazette
Iowa
Department of Human Rights
Nicole Kooiker
Cedar Rapids Community
Capitol leaders weigh fate of virtual participation
Iowans could observe and in some cases participate in committee meetings from home for the first time as the Iowa Legislature aired hearings during the COVID 19 pandemic. Republican leaders have not decided if these changes will endure in a post pandemic era. Zoom enabled virtual subcommittee participation and livestreaming expanded to all committee hearings this session.
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Capitol
Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Senate
Subcommittee
Dry spell presses Iowa crops as heat rises
Iowa faces drought as heat and sparse rain stress crops. The agriculture secretary reported corn and soybean conditions dipping, livestock stressed by high temperatures, with 46 percent of the state under drought and Lyons County seeing 99 degree highs.
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Iowa
State Agriculture Secretary
Mike Naig
Naig
Justin Glisan
Lyon County
Rock Rapids
Glisan
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