Articles Tagged: Cedar Rapids City Council

The move comes less than a week after the end of a government shutdown that delayed the distribution of SNAP funds.

All five incumbents secured additional four-year terms, although only two faced challengers.

A collaborative of area health care providers and Linn County social service agencies is exploring the feasibility of creating a street medicine team to help deliver health care to the unhoused.

Cedar Rapids City Council members later this month will vote on whether to direct $25,000 to an area food bank.

The building has structural issues associated with water damage, although it has been deemed safe for use.

Gov. Kim Reynolds was among the speakers at the opening of Radix Recovery, a new drug and alcohol addiction treatment center housed in the former Higley Mansion in southeast Cedar Rapids.

The Cedar Rapids City Council has signaled early intent to rezone the land around a former elementary school for a planned apartment development.

The city’s variable cart program will launch next year with three cart sizes for residents to choose from.

Five of the nine Cedar Rapids City Council seats are up for election on the Nov. 4 ballot.

Former Congressman Rod Blum suspends his campaign for Iowa’s open 2nd District U.S. House seat, while new attack ads target Iowa Republicans over wind energy tax credits, health care costs and the federal shutdown.

In-person absentee voting — sometimes called “early voting” — begins Wednesday in both Linn and Johnson counties and will run through Monday, Nov. 3. Ballots will include a host of city and school elections across the area, as well as multiple bond issues.

A barrier made of police tape that on Tuesday kept a crowd of protesters away from the U.S. Homeland Security Building in Cedar Rapids — where a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement office is housed — could soon be replaced by a seven-foot, chain-link fence.

Also in the Almanac, 17 current and former state lawmakers are endorsing Shannon Lundgren’s Congressional campaign.

Also in this week’s Government Notes, the Johnson County Board of Supervisors will continue evaluating its need for juvenile detention beds

The filing period to nominate candidates for city offices closed Thursday. Here’s a look at who will be on the ballot in Linn and Johnson counties in November.