Attorney says denial violates First Amendment
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Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52401
Attorney says denial violates First Amendment
The development agreement, approved by the Cedar Rapids City Council on Tuesday, is contingent upon the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission issuing a gaming license to the project.
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During a conference call with reporters Thursday morning, Hinson, a Republican from Marion, advocated for passing “a clean CR,” addressing the debt ceiling, providing disaster relief and extending the farm bill to “give our farmers most needed aid.”
State investigators found that two jails restrained inmates in chairs for excessive amounts of time. One jail used the restraints punitively, and the other confined someone who was having a mental health crisis.
Iowa’s longtime Republican U.S. Senator met recently with President-elect Trump’s picks to lead the FBI, Kash Patel; and National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard.
Bids for the project were reviewed at the Cedar Rapids City Council’s Tuesday meeting, and the lowest bid was $3.6 million higher than the estimated price of $11.3 million. City staff recommended approval of the low bid, saying the price “will only get higher” by delaying.
A new ordinance would generally keep the pipelines 2 miles away from some of the county’s smaller cities. Six other counties have been sued for trying to restrict pipeline routes.
U.S. ethanol producers are on the brink of getting the green light from Congress to sell higher blends of corn-based biofuel nationwide -- a long-elusive goal the industry considers crucial to its future.
Cedar Rapids school board meets with lawmakers to discuss preschool, cell phone bans and other priorities in advance of the upcoming session of the Iowa Legislature.
State agency officials and legislative leaders continued to hurl accusations at each other over the state’s oversight of the Judicial Branch operations
This is the final step in the certification process before the votes are sent to the Office of the Federal Registrar and then Congress.
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