Kate Payne
ReporterKate Payne was an Iowa City-based reporter and served as a co-host of Iowa Public Radio's podcast Caucus Land. Kate has won Regional Edward R. Murrow awards for her feature reporting and her sound editing. Her political reporting has been featured on Morning Edition, All Things Considered and The NPR Politics Podcast. She's been a guest on MSNBC, CBSN, KQED, WGBH, CapRadio, WYPR and New Hampshire Public Radio.
Before coming to IPR, Kate was a reporter and fill-in host at WFSU in Tallahasse, FL. She is a proud North Florida native and a dyed-in-the-wool hand talker.
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The two teenagers accused of killing a high school Spanish teacher in Fairfield earlier this month have pleaded not guilty to the charges against them. Jeremy Goodale and Willard Miller, both 16, face counts of first degree murder and conspiracy to commit a forcible felony.
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IPR Morning Edition host Clay Masters talks with IPR eastern Iowa reporter Kate Payne about the runoff mayor's race in Cedar Rapids. The runoff Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 30.
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The two teenagers accused of killing a beloved high school Spanish teacher in Fairfield were back in court Tuesday, asking to be released ahead of trial. The 16 year olds both requested that their $1 million cash-only bonds be reviewed. Prosecutor meanwhile argued that bond amount should be maintained or even raised to $2 million.
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Scott County residents continue to plead with local officials to not use pandemic relief funds to build a new juvenile detention center. The Board of Supervisors is plowing ahead with a proposal to more than double the size of the county’s current facility, over objections from local advocates and state officials.
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Hundreds of students marched and rallied at Coe College in Cedar Rapids Thursday to protest what they see as a lack of action on diversity, equity and inclusion efforts. The students were galvanized by the resignation of a longtime trustee who had criticized the school's recent presidential search process as lacking diversity.
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Local and state emergency managers need more ways to share information and stay in contact during widespread and long-term power outages. That’s one of the findings in a review about the 2020 derecho, commissioned by the Iowa Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management.
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A jury has convicted Steven Vogel, a white man, of first degree murder and abuse of a corpse, in the killing of Michael Williams, who was Black. Investigators have said the murder was not racially motivated but some of Williams’ family members have called it a lynching.
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The process of cleaning up fuel and coal spilled into the Mississippi River following a train derailment is well underway, according to state officials. The incident happened when a BNSF train hit a river barge in southeast Iowa on Saturday.
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The Scott County Board of Supervisors is pushing ahead with a plan to use pandemic relief funds to build a new juvenile detention center. That’s despite organized opposition from advocates who say the plan is an immoral and ineffective way to address troubled youth.
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Republican Congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks will leave her home in Ottumwa to run in Iowa’s newly redrawn 1st Congressional District. Her decision puts to rest speculation over whether she would run against Democratic Congresswoman Cindy Axne in central Iowa’s new 3rd District, which now includes Miller-Meeks’ home in Wapello County.