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COVID-19: Iowa adds 13,000 new cases; Gov. Reynolds celebrates legal
Dumpling Darling in downtown Iowa City is closing
win; Johnson County passes new mandate
By Paul Brennan, Dec. 13
By Paul Brennan, Dec. 8
Dumpling Darling, a farmers-market favorite turned downtown Iowa City
In its update on Wednesday, IDPH disclosed another 105 deaths from
eatery, is closing the doors of its Iowa Avenue space for good on Dec. 19.
COVID-19, bringing the state’s official death toll to 7,550. The update came
“This decision wasn’t an easy one but we know deep down it is the right
one day after Gov. Kim Reynolds issued a written statement celebrating a
thing,” owners posted on social media. “Operating under these current
federal judge in Georgia blocking the Biden administration’s requirement
circumstances isn’t serving our staff, our customers, or ourselves.”
that employees of federal contractors be vaccinated against COVID-19.
‘We are under spiritual attack’: How Iowa’s anti-mask parents became a
Paris, Milan, New York … Iowa City? Designer Andre’
GOP force — and why they’re leveraging their power to ban books
Wright works to establish Fashion Activism Institute in
By Emma McClatchey, Dec. 22
downtown IC
Whether Republican lawmakers are cynically exploiting or genuinely
By Adria Carpenter, Dec. 27
share some parents’ fears about “pornography” and “woke grooming”
Andre’ Wright, Humanize My Hoodie co-founder and
in schools, this rightwing movement to give parents more control over
creator of Iowa City’s Black Liberation Space, wants
district policy is gaining steam in Iowa, and like mask and vaccine
to teach skills in graphic design and financial literacy
mandates this past year, is likely to dominate Republican discourse in
to students young and old. At the end of the program,
2022.
the students will hold a fashion event where they will present their projects.
WATCH BLS: Black Liberation Space (2021)
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