Cedar Rapids high schools are seeing a near-50-percent drop in the number of students charged with crimes, thanks to an effort by schools, the city, and a local nonprofit. Janessa Carr is the district’s administrator for the Safe and Secure Learning Environment program. She works with police and the human services nonprofit Foundation 2 to […]

Bill makes smuggling undocumented immigrants a crime in Iowa
Human smuggling of undocumented immigrants — to conceal them from law enforcement — would become a crime in Iowa if a






