Articles Tagged: Cedar Rapids City Council

Anticipated investment into a large-scale data center campus in southwest Cedar Rapids has grown to $1.75 billion, per recent communications between the city and data center developer QTS.

A former federal prosecutor has asked the Iowa Supreme Court to rehear oral arguments in a case filed against the Cedar Rapids City Council for alleged violations of the state’s open meetings law.

The Iowa Supreme Court has reversed an appellate opinion in a case against the Cedar Rapids City Council and affirmed that members were legally allowed to enter into closed session to interview a potential city clerk candidate.

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.