Timely construction of the $275M Cedar Crossing Casino & Entertainment facility is contingent on the case’s conclusion.
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Timely construction of the $275M Cedar Crossing Casino & Entertainment facility is contingent on the case’s conclusion.
Nate Willems, from Anamosa and now living in Mount Vernon, served in the Iowa House for two terms from 2008 to 2012 and works for Rush & Nicholson PLC in Cedar Rapids.
The proposal for development of the lot at 21 S. Linn St., which is estimated to cost about $40 million, calls for a six-story building to offer retail, entertainment and residential space.
The project will honor the Cedar Rapids neighborhood’s unique history and character.
In addition to $10 million Iowa paid two siblings of a teenage girl who died of starvation in the care of her adoptive parents in 2017, the state has agreed to pay a third sibling $4.2 million after being “severely physically abused, neglected, and tortured.”
Gov. Kim Reynolds, who appointed Cournoyer last year to the role, said in a statement she is “proud to endorse” Cournoyer’s campaign, calling her “a true fiscal conservative with a strong record of improving government efficiencies and accountability.”
One day after state senators advanced an education budget bill starving Iowa’s public universities of any general aid increase in the coming year, the Iowa House advanced its own package cutting general education support by the amount each university was spending on diversity, equity and inclusion efforts. But unlike the Senate version, the House would increase some support for other regent initiatives and for community colleges.
The store would sell a variety of perishable and nonperishable food items in one of the areas most affected by the closure of the First Avenue Hy-Vee in Cedar Rapids.
Three different programs launched in 2023 to increase childcare access
The site has been controversial due to a proposed apartment complex.
Democratic Iowa Sen. Sarah Trone Garriott, a Lutheran minister from West Des Moines, is looking to challenge Republican U.S. Rep. Zach Nunn in Iowa’s 3rd Congressional District in 2026. Political forecasters have the district as one of the most competitive in the country.
The judge said the state law, passed in 2024, encroaches on the authority of the federal government to regulate vaping products
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