The $14.9 million Alliant Energy LightLine bridge will connect the historic NewBo and Czech Village districts.
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Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52401
The $14.9 million Alliant Energy LightLine bridge will connect the historic NewBo and Czech Village districts.
House File 299 would require schools and child care centers to include information about obtaining vaccine exemptions in any public communication to parents or guardians following recommendations by the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services.
Both dip into reserves to cover expected revenue decline from state income tax cuts.
The city’s property tax rate slightly drops, but general fund grows to cover costs
Also in the Capitol Notebook, the Iowa Senate confirmed 3 members to the Iowa Board of Regents
Legislation designed to constrain prescription drug costs and protect rural pharmacies by regulating third-party health care companies known as pharmacy benefit managers is once again moving in the Iowa Capitol.
Some of the most vulnerable Republicans in Congress — including Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, of Davenport — are embracing the strategy of GOP leaders who say there is no benefit to hosting in-person town hall meetings and creating more viral moments like the pointed questions that have faced U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley this month.
Cournoyer, who has been lieutenant governor since December, was among a group of Iowa Republicans expected to be mulling whether to run to replace Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds, who earlier this month announced she will not seek another term.
The summer waiver follows ones issued by the Democratic Joe Biden administration in the 2022, 2023 and 2024 summer driving season over the objections of refiners and following weeks of lobbying by ethanol advocates.
Republican Bernie Hayes is running against Democrat Angel Ramirez in the special election to represent Iowa House District 78, which includes a section of northeast Cedar Rapids and a broad swath of southeast Cedar Rapids.
Preference will be given to financially feasible proposals that focus on residential and/or commercial development.
Seven former Independence Mental Health Institute nurses have filed claims of gross negligence against the state and Iowa Health and Human Services. Some of them have shared stories of assaults that resulted in a miscarriage, traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder.
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