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Democrat Jackie Norris has ended her campaign for Iowa's open U.S. Senate seat. She plans to focus on her role as chair of the Des Moines public school board.

When a door broke loose on a new electric bus in Des Moines, Iowa, and nearly fell off, it was one in a long list of problems for the local transit agency. The city began using its fleet of seven electric buses, made by the startup Proterra, in 2021.

A lot has happened since last week when my post about Des Moines (IA) school superintendent Ian Roberts being arrested by ICE first hit the front page here at Techdirt. A lot of new information has ...

An Iowa school district is suing the search firm that helped it hire a superintendent who was recently arrested on immigration and gun charges.

In the throes of the DEI era the color of Roberts' skin was more compelling than this loaded weapons conviction.

In 2023, the Des Moines School Board appointed Ian Andre Roberts as Superintendent of Schools, granting him one of the most lucrative contracts in Iowa public education. His base salary began at $270,000.

DHS detailed a list of all the shocking charges and convictions against illegal Ian Roberts, who was working as the head of Des Moines, Iowa, public schools until his arrest by ICE.

"As the facts revealed themselves over the past several days, it was crystal clear that the search firm did not do its job," the board said.

Ian Roberts, a criminal illegal immigrant from Guyana, was a school district superintendent in Des Moines, Iowa, when he was arrested by ICE.

The story of Ian Roberts, the Des Moines Public Schools superintendent arrested by ICE, shows why immigration law needs to be enforced.