Iowa Board of Regents push pause on Iowa Memorial Union renovations

The Iowa Board of Regents voted Thursday to postpone a decision greenlighting the proposed $81.4 million renovation of the University of Iowa’s Iowa Memorial Union, pointing to uncertainty over future funding. The decision stalls a long-planned overhaul of the century-old building, which was set to address aging infrastructure and deferred maintenance.

“We’re heading into, I think, a period of unprecedented uncertainty about federal funding in many ways,”…