Zachary Oren Smith
Eastern Iowa ReporterZachary Oren Smith is a reporter covering Eastern Iowa for IPR. A Mississippi transplant to Middle America, he came to IPR as a Talk Show Producer in 2021 after reporting on Iowa City politics for the Iowa City Press-Citizen and Des Moines Register.
You can contact Zach at zsmith@iowapublicradio.org and on Twitter @ZacharyOS.
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The chair of Iowa City’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission is in hot water over disparaging comments she made in a now-deleted podcast. But for now, it appears she’ll keep her seat. -
Police say protesters were “lawfully demonstrating” and characterized the assault as “unprovoked.”
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A longtime Republican Iowa congressman endorsed Democrat Christina Bohannan.
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Las Escuelas de la Comunidad de Cedar Rapids comenzarán el nuevo año escolar con cinco oficiales de policía uniformados en cinco de sus escuelas bajo un contrato modificado con la Ciudad de Cedar Rapids.
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Cedar Rapids Schools joins a list of Iowa school districts reducing or eliminating police presence inside their schools.
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No injuries were reported in a series of incidents involving a machete, "a suicide plan," and a number of incendiary devices discovered Tuesday in Iowa City.
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This week's storm that blew through the state caused minor damage, reaching speeds of 60 to 70 miles per hour. Meteorologists said these large lateral storms "aren't that uncommon" in the Midwest.
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New laws go into effect July 1, changing who can legally search through a person's trash and loosening child care regulations. Later, IPR's Dennis Reese finds relics from the Cold War in the Iowa City studio basement.
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A Fairfield educator speaks out on his decision to leave his post as hundreds of others resigned from positions across the state last spring.
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Roe v. Wade overturned, Iowa Senators at odds over gun control and just what will happen to Iowa's First in the Nation caucus?
