DEI Diversity Equity Inclusion

KWIT Local Newscast

Sioux City Council will vote on DEI severing in departments; Iowa legislative session into overtime

Bret Hayworth

KWIT Local Newscast

All Iowa K-12 schools say they are complying with new Trump DEI policy

Bret Hayworth

Sioux City Community School District headquarters

KWIT Local Newscast

Newscast 4.14.2025: Changes to Nebraska college DEI; Sioux City School District budget to be finalized

Bret Hayworth

The budget for the next school year for the Sioux City School District is nearing completion, so a public hearing on the financial plan will be held at 6 p.m. Monday at the downtown headquarters.

KWIT Local Newscast

Newscast 4.4.2025: Budget cuts of Sioux City Human Rights panel could be reversed; Tuition going up in South Dakota public colleges; Changes in bill that would cut DEI in Iowa entities; More work on Denison projects

Bret Hayworth

Morningside University is located in Sioux City, Iowa.

KWIT Local Newscast

Newscast 4.1.2025: Morningside University receives another large donation; Property assessments on way to Iowans; Iowa bill could change K-12 bullying definition; Bill advances blocking DEI offices in Iowa counties & cities

Bret Hayworth

A recent string of high-dollar financial gifts is continuing at Morningside University in Sioux City.

Blake Stratton, of Moville, Iowa, scoops snow near a cleared street shortly after the precipitation from a Siouxland blizzard ended, on Wednesday, March 19, 2025. (Bret Hayworth, Siouxland Public Media News)

KWIT Local Newscast

Newscast 3.19.2025: Blizzard blankets Siouxland; Iowa Republican lawmakers aiming to reduce diversity & inclusion initiatives in public life

Bret Hayworth

KWIT Local Newscast

Newscast 3.17.2025: Sioux City graduation event for African Americans won't have school district participation after Trump DEI order; Jane Goodall speaks in Sioux City; Nebraska legislative discussions on lawmaker pay

Bret Hayworth

Members of the South Dakota Legislature are shown in a photo from February 2025. (Lee Strubinger, South Dakota Public Broadcasting)

KWIT Local Newscast

What's The Frequency: The impact on people in South Dakota & Nebraska, as legislators debate big issues on eminent domain, taxes, medical marijuana and schools

Bret Hayworth

Newscast 2.24.25: National Endowment for the Arts funding could impact orange city arts council; Patriot Front marches in Des Moines

Alejandra Perez

Last week, The National Endowment for the Arts announced changes to its grant guidelines.

The Auditorium Theater in downtown Sioux City partially demolished.

Newscast 2.20.25: Demolition in downtown Sioux City resumes; Republicans advance bill strengthening checks of voters' citizenship status; National Endowment for Arts changes grant guidelines

Alejandra Perez

The demolition that had been put on hold resumed today in downtown Sioux City.