New University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital opens
Liz Lambert describes feeling cramped yet hopeful as her newborn Lily rests in the new 14 story 507000 square foot hospital. About fifty patients were moved into the facility on February 25 after care on the US Hospitals and Clinics campus since January.
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Stephen Mally
the Gazette
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Camanche
Lily
University of Iowa
Stead Family Children’s Hospital
Iowa City
Aidan Kasper
Cedar Rapids
Pediatric Cancer Center
Savanna Gerjets
Humboldt
Children’s Hospital
Lambert
Clinton
Three Cities Reflect a Nation Divided After Election
Michael Shapiro examines Youngstown Ohio Cedar Rapids Iowa and McAllen Texas to reveal how communities reel from the presidential race. The piece contrasts rebirth hopes in Youngstown with tensions near the border and in midwestern towns as division shapes daily life.
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Youngstown
Ohio
Cedar Rapids
McAllen
Texas
Iowa Legislature clashes over local control pre emptions
Lawmakers push bills to pre empt local authority in Iowa aiming to curb city and county ordinances on immigration and minimum wage. HF 295 and HF 265/S SB 1170 seek to require enforcement of federal immigration rules and block local bans on plastics. House Study Bill 11 targets county compensation boards.
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Governor
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Senate
Bill would expand power of Iowa school districts
A Gazette summary notes bills in the Statehouse aim to grant home rule to Iowa school boards, moving beyond Dillon's Rule. While Cedar Rapids and Iowa City officials remain unsure what would change, supporters argue districts could act more freely unless prohibited by code.
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Iowa
Dillon
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Iowa GOP pushes sweeping union power limits
In ten days lawmakers moved to curb public employee unions and promised further broad changes. The move targets labor power in Iowa with anticipated actions to expand limits on union activities and collective bargaining.
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Iowa
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