Government & Politics

Effective Wednesday, the Ellis Boulevard and E Avenue NW intersection will reopen. The intersection of Ellis Boulevard and F Avenue NW will close Thursday morning for construction of a roundabout.

Former President George W. Bush will receive a humanitarian award and headline a fundraiser for the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum in Cedar Rapids.

Newcomer Republican Kris Gulick wants to be a voice for Eastern Iowans ; Incumbent Democrat Todd Taylor to work across the aisle to ‘produce really good results’

Gingrich was on the campaign trail with Zach Nunn, a Republican state senator seeking election to Iowa’s 3rd Congressional District.

The ad shows a clip of Franken saying “Iowa, our president, our senators, have no role in that whatsoever,” referring to inflation.

In a hearing Tuesday on a lawsuit over the Cedar Rapids ordinance requiring five of the nine-member Citizens Review Board identify as people of color, a judge asked whether the policy reflected a bias that white people could not identify trends rooted in bias.

Benton County’s sheriff says the solutions are a ‘good resolution’, but dog owners still want ordinance overturned.

Three candidates are on the ballot for the Iowa Senate in District 42, which covers much of rural Linn and Benton counties. Charlie McClintock won the Republican Primary in June. He will be facing Democratic nominee Jessica Wiskus, and Bruce Gardner, who is running without a party.