Focus shifts to fiscal policy after legislative funnel
Iowa lawmakers move past the first funnel deadline with roughly two months left in the session. After filing over 2,000 bills since January, attention narrows to tax policies and spending as lawmakers return Monday to determine what remains eligible for consideration.
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University of Iowa DEI debate echoes campus culture
Vanessa Miller reports on campus tensions as DEI efforts fade in visibility at the University of Iowa. The piece notes Tiffini Stevenson Earl’s 2024 staff award and Josie Mbaye’s fall 2023 scholarship essay, framing concerns about erasing history and calls for institutional change amid ongoing race and inclusion debates on campus.
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Cold case resurfaces in Cedar Rapids disappearance of Denise Fraley
The 1982 Cedar Rapids missing person case centers on Denise Fraley, once a star of the One Night Stand band. New blood evidence could aid an arrest decades later as details emerge from Denise’s sister Linda Plowman and local memories of the musician known as talent. The Gazette presents this seventh Cold Case installment in Linn County.
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