The Gazette Daily News Podcast

Featured Stories: As funnel week ends, Iowa lawmakers leave some significant bills behind The Supreme Court upholds mandatory prison terms for some low-level drug dealers C.R. St. Patrick’s Day Parade back to March 17 Going green for St. Paddy’s Day around C.R. This episode was hosted and produced by Bailey Cichon.

Featured Stories: Linn County is receiving naloxone distribution machines Cedar Rapids restaurant ordered to pay back nearly $30,000 in tips and penalties Going green for St. Paddy’s Day around C.R. This episode was hosted and produced by Bailey Cichon.

Featured Stories U.S. House votes to ban TikTok unless its Chinese parent company sells it. Here’s how Iowa’s reps voted Agri Star sends 250K gallons of meat processing wastewater to Postville treatment plant, some enters creek Lawmakers hit brakes on bill to ban Iowa DNR form buying land at auction This episode was hosted and produced by Bailey Cichon.

Featured Stories: Lawmakers looking to recreate long-defunct tax incentives for movies filmed in Iowa Big Grove is getting bigger with its first Omaha taproom Oscar Mayer Wienermobile returns to Cedar Rapids for St. Patrick’s Day Parade 2024 This episode was hosted and produced by Bailey Cichon.

Featured Stories Bill to help Iowa’s nursing homes manage costs advance Final lane openings on 80/380 interchange expected in April Cedar Rapids continuing partnership to give second-grade students free swim lessons, attire This episode was hosted and produced by Bailey Cichon.

–        Private schools wonder how they’ll be affected by proposed AEA bills –        Gov. Reynolds proposes fix to Iowa’s splintered mental health system. Will it help? –        Government Notes: Cedar Rapids community garden plot rentals opening Tuesday  

Featured Stories: Man injured in small explosion in Linn County Repair work needed to reopen Black Hawk Bridge begins Iowa House passes bill to block undocumented immigrants from public assistance programs Rogue Pianist bringing classical, contemporary sounds to CSPS in Cedar Rapids This episode was hosted and produced by Bailey Cichon.

Featured Stories Linn County seed truck rollover turns fatal Johnson County puppy farm owner arrested on animal neglect charges Iowa’s Kim Reynolds endorses Donald Trump after Super Tuesday victories Jersey Mike’s locations return with charity month This episode was hosted and produced by Bailey Cichon.

Featured stories Nikki Haley suspends her campaign and leaves Donald Trump as the last major Republican candidate Voters approve ‘crucial’ capital improvements fund for 3 area school districts Jill Weigel narrowly elected to Hiawatha City Council Seed truck crash blocks traffic in Linn County Wednesday This episode was hosted and produced by Bailey Cichon.

Featured Stories Biden easily wins Iowa Democrats’ mail-in caucus Marion mayor: New mobile library, Central Plaza and more planned for 2024 Former U.S. ag secretary to keynote Celebration of Ag in Cedar Rapids This episode was hosted and produced by Bailey Cichon.

Featured Stories: Valero, with five Iowa ethanol plants, joins Summit’s proposed CO2 pipeline Iowa Republicans celebrate court ruling in favor of Trump Independence woman dies in Benton County crash This episode was hosted and produced by Bailey Cichon.

–   Iowa schools flying blind as they struggle to meet new budget deadlines      - CSPS shifts finances, artistic approach for ‘second act’ in Cedar Rapids –  Crop production steady, but drought took a toll

Featured Stories Prosecutors dropping sports betting charges against ISU athletes Iowa’s medical cannabis program competing with cheaper, unregulated THC products Comedian Tim Cavanagh loves Cedar Rapids audiences ‘Facing the Inferno’ brings wildland fire photos to Old Capitol Museum in Iowa City This episode was hosted and produced by Bailey Cichon.

Featured Stories: Caitlin Clark announces she’s turning pro at end of this Iowa women’s basketball season Iowa House passes AEA bill to reorganize state's special education structure Summit offers year’s free rent at NewBo City Market This episode was hosted and produced by Bailey Cichon.

Featured Stories: –  Ban on credit card codes for Iowa gun shops heads toward passage –  Child killed in Cedar County UTV crash –  Woman killed in Cedar County fire Tuesday –  Stabilizing Lansing bridge of the Mississippi River could take months –  Sherry Bates elected president of Iowa Board of Regents This episode was hosted and produced by Bailey Cichon.

Featured Stories Iowa River Power Restaurant brunch, dinner menu returns to Iowa City with new Supper Club at The Highlander Hotel Linn-Mar school board appoints Laura Thomas to fill vacancy Blind Boys of Alabama bringing gospel sounds to Englert Theatre

Featured Stories - State closes Lansing bridge over Mississippi River after movement found - West Liberty stagecoach inn moves to become museum - University of Iowa seeking new VP for research after resignation - Government Notes: Comments sought on spending $20M on transportation projects (Amana Magnet School) This episode was hosted and produced by Bailey Cichon

–        Few scores could spell big change to Iowa AEAs –        DNR confirms grey wolf found dead on Interstate near Davenport –        Mount Trashmore opens for unseasonably warm days  

Featured Stories –  Kirkwood President Kristie Fisher making $350K –  Iowa researchers advocate for a drought information system, but lack funding –  Largest sycamore in Iowa likely destroyed by suspicious fire –  Postmodern Jukebox cuing up for Iowa City –  Martin Luther King Jr. in Riverside Theatre spotlight This episode was hosted and produced by Bailey Cichon.

Featured Stories Two accused in kidnapping, killing of Marion woman, third man arrested on conspiracy charge UI eyes second new west-side parking ramp near Carver-Hawkeye Governor appoints Cedar Rapids family law lawyer as next 6th Judicial District judge This episode was hosted and produced by Bailey Cichon.

Featured Stories: Iowa bill would make it easier for landlords to evict tenants University of Iowa to close centers in Cedar Rapids, Quad Cities Sykora Bakery building purchased by property owner, restaurateur This episode was hosted and produced by Bailey Cichon.

Featured Stories: Hiawatha man accused of kidnapping woman found dead in Amana Iowa House passes bill to block code from tracking gun store purchases Alcohol could be tied to Iowa’s fastest-growing cancer rate This episode was hosted and produced by Bailey Cichon.

Linn County Attorney: Officer-involved shooting on New Year’s Day was justified Iowa City police investigating attempted abduction Second worker sues C6-Zero over injuries from 2022 blast This episode was hosted and produced by Bailey Cichon.

Featured Stories –        'They Never Gave Up on Her' –        Flawed FAFSA rollout impacting students, schools, campuses across Iowa –        Theatre Cedar Rapids transitions into next century

–  Iowa DOT faces ‘massive workload’ to repair median barriers –  Iowa House Republicans advance new AEA, teacher pay plan – Orchestra Iowa announces concertmaster –  Former intern to become Alliant’s Iowa President