Here’s what we know about the Coggon Solar project in Linn County, approved by Linn County supervisors on Monday and expected to break ground in March.
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Here’s what we know about the Coggon Solar project in Linn County, approved by Linn County supervisors on Monday and expected to break ground in March.
The Johnson County compensation board is recommending a salary increase of 18 percent for elected officials in an effort to remain competitive with other counties’ increases and respond to state law changes.
Supervisors Ben Rogers and Stacey Walker voted for the project, while Louie Zumbach voted against it. The approval means that about 750 acres will be rezoned from agricultural to agricultural with a renewable energy overlay that expires after 35 years.
The records, requested by the Iowa Capital Dispatch in April 2021, pertain to an auction that was staged last year to benefit Des Moines Christian School.
As a result of congressional approval of the bipartisan infrastructure package, Iowa DOT officials expect the five-year highway program to grow from $3.6 billion to about $4 billion.
Cedar Rapids will allocate $500,000 of its federal American Rescue Plan Act funds toward the College Career Connection program, a new workforce partnership with Kirkwood Community College that will be the first “college promise” initiative among Iowa cities.
Iowans’ income from retirement programs would no longer be taxed by the state under a legislative proposal from Iowa House Republicans.
Prison barbers don’t have a license when they cut other offenders’ hair and they often aren’t training under a licensed instructor, but barbering apprentices outside the prison system must have licensed instructors. One Des Moines barber says it’s not fair.
At last week’s Marion City Council meeting, officials directed city staff to formalize a timeline and prepare documents to move forward with the fully micro-transit option, which would be in partnership with Horizons. The city is waiting for resident survey results to fully commit to the plan.
Rep. Cindy Axne, the Democrat representing Iowa’s 3rd Congressional District, touted her 2021 accomplishments in an end-of-year report published last month. The Gazette’s Fact Checker team takes a look at some of her claims.
The discussions surrounding the proposed $194 million fiscal 2023 budget will be some of the toughest the council has had due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and state property tax reforms, City Manager Geoff Fruin told council members earlier this month.
To Alex Glenn, the director of human resources for Generation Next child development centers and preschools in Ventral Iowa, the best way to address what stakeholders have called a child care “crisis” is both simple and expensive. “I know this answer’s not going to appease a lot of people, but it’s money,” Glenn said.
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