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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’ listSign up for Gazette newsletters here or listen to the award-winning On Iowa Politics Podcast.This episode was hosted and

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 presidentThis episode was hosted and produced by Bailey Cichon.

Featured Stories- Seeking long-term mental health treatment in Iowa- Iowa schools draw fewer candidates for superintendentjobs- Motherhood takes Cedar Rapids native to highest highsand 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 SurveyThis 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 SurveyThis episode was hosted and produced by Ba

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 weekConsider taking the Daily News Podcast Survey. Find a full transcript of this episode at thegazette.com. This episode w

- 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 yearCedar Rapids teachers get 3% base wage increase next yearIowa Republicans call to rally around Trump at state conventionConsider 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

 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 SurveyEpisode TranscriptWelcome 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, despit

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 everConsider taking our Daily News Podcast SurveyWe're considering some changes to the Gazette Daily News Podcast, but we want to hear from you before d