As Cedar Rapids looks to acquire over 20 homes in the Time Check area for flood control system construction, a homeowner has appealed the city’s acquisition. The levee the city’s looking to build is still in the design phase.
The Cedar Rapids dewatering project will use 30 wells to dry out a segmented portion of the lake before levee construction begins.
Lawmakers also advance jobs open to teens, limits on speed cameras
The top two leading contenders in the race for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination area headed to Iowa.
The path to funding a new Linn County resiliency coordinator role still is unclear after the supervisors settled on $1.74 million in spending reductions in the 2024 fiscal year.
Republicans advanced bills Wednesday that would restrict which materials are available to students in school libraries amid increased scrutiny from conservative activists around school material they consider to be explicit.
Iowa teens could work longer hours and more jobs, including those formerly off-limits as being hazardous, and serve alcohol under a controversial bill advanced Wednesday by House Republicans.
Also, a proposed bill would require school administrators to teach a class
Cedar Rapids is working to amend its agreement with the developer undertaking Westdale Mall’s transformation to allow the developer to tap into a reserve fund created when loans associated with the project were restructured.
Under the Environmental Protection Agency proposal outlined Wednesday, the change would start by the 2024 summer driving season, with effects rippling across the fuel supply chain, from refineries to filling stations.
While Iowa lawmakers have passed a bill to fix a state error, leaving local governments down millions in expected revenue as they set their budgets for the 2024 fiscal year, Cedar Rapids still plans to invest in key priorities like flood control and economic development.
It’s unclear if House CO2 pipeline bill -- if it passes -- would get a hearing in the Senate.
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