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“The policies of Iowa State University regarding firearms on its campus cannot justify a prohibition on the lawful carry of firearms on the CyRide bus system as those (buses) pass through the campus.” — Lawsuit filed by Natalie Gibson, an Iowa State University student, who is contesting the Ames city bus system’s ban on firearms.
An Iowa State University student has filed a petition against the City of Ames for its policy barring firearms on CyRide buses. (Stock photo from August 2020 by Perry Beeman/Iowa Capital Dispatch)
An Iowa State University student has filed a petition against the City of Ames, alleging its policy prohibiting firearms on city buses violates state law.
Natalie Gibson, an ISU junior studying animal science, filed a petition Oct. 13 in the Iowa District Court for Story County seeking a declaration that the city’s policy barring firearms on buses is unenforceable as it violates state law. The lawsuit also seeks damages.
The Muscatine County Jail. (Photo via Google Earth)
Two asylum-seekers from Togo are seeking their release from an Iowa county jail where they’re being held by federal immigration enforcement and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
Togo, officially known as the Togolese Republic, is a West African country bordered by Ghana and has been criticized by human rights advocates for alleged abuses that include the physical torture of political dissidents.
President Donald Trump’s midterm travel blitz will continue in the coming days with Election Day on Nov. 3 now less than two weeks out, headlining rallies in several states hosting hard-fought Senate contests seen as toss-ups, including Iowa.
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is investigating two separate instances of manure that spilled from transport tankers, neither of which resulted in a fish kill.
A federal judge on Wednesday night blocked the Department of Homeland Security from conducting election-related field operations that could sweep up U.S. citizens in nine states.
The U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday denied the Trump administration’s emergency request to implement a rule that would terminate gender-affirming care for transgender people incarcerated in federal prisons.
National Democrats are suing President Donald Trump, accusing his administration of intimidating election officials and asking a federal court to block him from interfering in the midterm elections.
Single-family home completions remain stuck at early pandemic levels as of September as costs, labor supply shortages and high interest take a toll on home builders, especially in the Northeast and South, Stateline reports.
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