Jackson Valenti

1 month ago | ktiv.com | Jackson Valenti

IOWA CITY, Iowa (KCRG) - The next generation of doctors in Iowa graduated this evening, but most of them are leaving the state. It’s partly because there aren’t enough spots to continue their training at hospitals in the state. Friday 163 people graduated from the University of Iowa’s medical school, but only 40 of them are spending their residencies in Iowa. A bill heading to the governor’s desk will make it easier for new graduates to stay in the state.

1 month ago | ktiv.com | Jackson Valenti

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - At least two school districts in the Cedar Rapids area are warning families about a social media trend of jamming objects into the charging port of school-issued computers, damaging or destroying them. Pretty much every high schooler TV9 talked to had at least seen the trend on TikTok, but it doesn’t only exist in social media. Multiple school districts in the area have already warned parents about the damage the trend is causing.

1 month ago | ktiv.com | Jackson Valenti

IOWA CITY, Iowa (KCRG) - Some Iowa pharmacies say they’re on the verge of closing, and they’re putting their hopes on a bill advancing to the governor’s desk. Senate Bill 383 would regulate the middlemen who control the cost of some drugs for pharmacies. If a pharmacy accepts patient insurance, and nearly all patients use insurance, then they have to work with middlemen called pharmacy benefit managers. The Iowa Pharmacy Association blames those middlemen for forcing pharmacies to close.

1 month ago | kwqc.com | Jackson Valenti

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - Teachers across the state will soon have more vague teaching standards for topics like climate change and evolution. Thursday the state board of education approved the state’s revised science standards. When the science standards were first proposed, they removed all mentions of the phrase ‘climate change’ and most mentions of evolution. The standards have since been revised, but educators say they’re still missing key scientific elements.

1 month ago | kwqc.com | Jackson Valenti

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - A mother is pushing the state of Iowa for more mental health care resources and long term care beds. Iowa has the fewest psychiatric beds relative to its population in the country. Jody Puffett and her husband adopted three siblings in 2012, and she says all three siblings were severely abused and dealing with mental illness. “One of the kiddos is our 16-year-old son... who is now 5′10 and 260 pounds...