Tuesday, April 20th, 2021

A top workplace safety regulator has warned the Republican leaders of the Iowa Legislature that conditions inside the state Capitol are hazardous and may be exposing workers to the coronavirus. Community activists in Des Moines are continuing to call for a police officer accused in the past of excessive force to be removed as a de-escalation trainer for the department. IPR’s Grant Gerlock has a brief recap of Monday’s Des Moines city council meeting. Plus, IPR’s Katarina Sostaric explains that the city of Cedar Rapids’ insurance carrier has agreed to pay an $8 million settlement related to a 2016 police shooting of a Black man.