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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Looking back on a year since the Iowa Wesleyan University campus closed after 181 years.
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A state investigation into jail health care fees found several county jails fail to follow Iowa Code.
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The jury found that the state’s case against Tara McGovern wasn’t sufficient to convict them. But that doesn’t mean the acquittal challenges 2021’s increased penalties for protest-related crimes.
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A jury acquitted Tara McGovern of charges related to an October protest in Iowa City.
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This week, a jury will hear the case of a protester who blocked traffic while demonstrating in Iowa City. Here’s what you need to know ahead of time.
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Statehouse Democrats have some questions about the future of a Lee County fertilizer plant and its employees after it was acquired by a Koch Industries subsidiary.
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In a vote last night, debate was heated. But in the end, the elected officials could not convince the room of Johnson County Democrats to denounce the county attorney for pursuing charges against protesters who blocked traffic.
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A campaign is underway to pressure the Johnson County attorney to drop charges against protesters arrested for obstructing an Iowa City intersection in October 2023.
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Monday is caucus night — the first time in the 2024 presidential campaign that Republican voters will have their say on who their party’s nominee should be.
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If everything goes to plan on Monday, the Iowa Republican caucuses will have results at the end of the night. But for Democrats, it’ll be very different than in past years. Democrats are figuring out what it means to caucus without being first-in-the-nation at choosing a presidential candidate.
