The Gazette Daily News Podcast

Featured Stories: – Cedar Rapids schools back to the drawing board on Harrison Elementary plans – Here’s how Cedar Rapids is working to address Hy-Vee’s closure of First Avenue store – ‘Swine Republic’ makes Library of Congress’ ‘Great Reads’ list Sign up for Gazette newsletters here or listen to the award-winning On Iowa Politics Podcast . This episode was hosted and produced by Bailey Cichon.

Featured Stories – Lisa Bluder announces retirement as Iowa women’s basketball coach – Iowa DNR asks Attorney General to seek penalties against co-op that caused massive fertilizer spill – Iowa AG Bird attends Trump trial in NYC, expresses support for former president This episode was hosted and produced by Bailey Cichon.

Featured Stories - Seeking long-term mental health treatment in Iowa - Iowa schools draw fewer candidates for superintendent jobs - Motherhood takes Cedar Rapids native to highest highs and lowest lows

Featured Stories: – Authorities seek Iowa sex trafficking victim who killed alleged abuser – Budget cuts, homelessness among topics in annual Linn County address – Orchestra Iowa among area organizations receiving Inspire Iowa grants – Consider taking the Daily News Podcast Survey This episode was hosted and produced by Bailey Cichon.

Featured Stories – Justice Department, civil rights groups sue to block Iowa immigration law  – First Avenue Hy-Vee to close, leaving urban grocery gap in northeast Cedar Rapids – Bud & Mary’s to sell cannabis vapes in Missouri – Mucha artistry on display at Cedar Rapids museum – Consider taking the Daily News Podcast Survey This episode was hosted and produced by Bailey Cichon.

Featured Stories –  West Union loses over $60K to email scam – Iowa facility that mistreated residents with intellectual disabilities nears closure – Two annual Cedar Rapids beer festivals merge into Cedar Rapids Brewing Society Benz Fest, debuting this week Consider taking the Daily News Podcast Survey . Find a full transcript of this episode at thegazette.com. This episode was hosted and pr...

- Mount Mercy, St. Ambrose considering becoming ‘one institution’ - Second autopsy of David Schultz to proceed without body - Reynolds signs new law to bolster early reading - Consider taking our Daily News Podcast Survey

Featured Stories: Iowa universities propose tuition increases for next year Cedar Rapids teachers get 3% base wage increase next year Iowa Republicans call to rally around Trump at state convention Consider taking our Daily News Podcast Survey - we're considering changes but want to hear from you first! Find episode transcripts on thegazette.com. This episode was hosted and produced by Bailey Cich...

  Featured Stories - Why Iowa struggles to pass hands-free driving laws - New law protects bikers, mobile pedestrians in crosswalks - Time Check Neighborhood - Daily News Podcast Survey Episode Transcript Welcome to The Gazette’s Daily News Podcast for Monday, May 6, 2024. This podcast provides the latest headlines from the Gazette newsroom. I’m Becky Lutgen Gardner. First , despite broad sup...

Featured Stories: –  Iowa’s graduation rates have been incorrectly calculated for the last 10 years –  Justice Department intends to sue to block Iowa immigration law –  300 tornadoes hit U.S. in April, second-most ever Consider taking our Daily News Podcast Survey We're considering some changes to the Gazette Daily News Podcast, but we want to hear from you before doing so. This ep...

Featured Stories: Boy charged with firing gun at Hiawatha police officers Belle Plaine gets $500K to boost water retention amid drought 'School of Rock’ ready to roll through Theatre Cedar Rapids This episode was hosted and produced by Bailey Cichon.

Featured Stories –  Herkys land across community in dark of night –  Iowa income tax rates head lower and faster under new law –  Abelardo’s opens second fast food Mexican restaurant in Cedar Rapids This episode was hosted and produced by Bailey Cichon.

Featured Stories: –  U.S. drug control agency will move to reclassify marijuana in a historic shift, AP sources say –  Shellsburg man told police he helped Traer woman kill her husband in 2021 –  Iowa City native returning to Hancher stage with ‘Chicago’ This episode was hosted and produced by Bailey Cichon.

-   Court order moves fatal crew club lawsuit against ISU to trial -   Here’s how closing Hills Elementary saves the Iowa City School District $1.66 million -  Western Iowa man dies as spate of tornadoes hits the state

-   Google data center would be among Cedar Rapids’ largest water and energy users -   Cedar Rapids City Council advances Higley Mansion rezoning -   Local Farmer’s Markets getting underway

-   Iowa athletes file federal lawsuit against DCI over sports betting probe -   Iowa Supreme Court sides with UI in Children’s Hospital spat, reversing $12.8M judgment -   LaSalle, Regis middle schools to share leadership under Xavier Catholic Schools -  Linn County weather radios back on the air

Featured Stories -   Relief but sorrow after missing Iowa trucker’s body found -   Iowa State, UNI closing DEI offices after regent directives, legislation -  Universities balance retention with lawmaker concerns as tenure numbers slide -  Heavy rain, severe storms possible Friday through Sunday

Featured Stories –  Cedar Rapids awards incentives to proposed $21M commercial park –  You can vote on coolest thing made in Iowa –  Learn about renters’ rights through free workshop Thursday in Cedar Rapids This episode was hosted and produced by Bailey Cichon.

Featured Stories –  Caitlin Clark is set to sign a new Nike deal valued at $28 million over 8 years, reports say –  Iowa City man sentenced to 12 years for illegally possessing gun that toddler found –  Audit finds risk, consequences within UNI’s Compliance and Equity Management Office This episode was hosted and produced by Bailey Cichon.

Featured Stories –  Iowa’s 2024 legislative session is over, here are the major changes passed –  Cedar Rapids man faces charges he tried to kill fiancee –  Three dogs found dead on Cedar Rapids trails –  Lansing’s Black Hawk Bridge reopens after emergency repairs This episode was hosted and produced by Bailey Cichon.

Iowa Senate doesn’t extend pause on new casinos, opening door for C.R. to seek license Here’s why half of Latino immigrants are chronically homeless in Johnson County Bill Quinby, community builder and moral compass, dies at 92

Featured Stories: Cedar Rapids police respond to hoax threat at Harding Middle School EPA again will allow summer sales of higher ethanol blend Linn-Mar’s declining enrollment contributing to $2.5 million budget cuts This episode was hosted and produced by Bailey Cichon.

Featured Stories Lawmakers approve overhaul of Iowa’s mental health system. Here’s what it would do. Willis Dady to host annual Hops for Housing fundraiser Iowa saw 8 tornadoes Tuesday This episode was hosted and produced by Bailey Cichon.

Featured Stories: –  University of Iowa eyeing $40M hydraulics facility in Coralville –  Cedar Rapids woman to plea to stealing from Madison Elementary PTA –  Iowa lawmakers revive effort to advance social studies concepts developed by conservative group  This episode was hosted and produced by Bailey Cichon.

Featured Articles –  Hawkeyes downsize baseball field renovation, for now, due to ‘cost concerns’ –  Trails turn small towns into cyclist sanctuaries –  Proposed state tax incentives for billion-dollar projects passed, sent to governor View the full Gazette Cycling Guide here . This episode was hosted and produced by Bailey Cichon.