Local Government

The emergency order, which was put in place on Aug. 19, was set to expire on Thursday.

City officials laud the plan, which centers equity, as a model for other communities to be more green and achieve carbon neutrality.

The forum for North Liberty candidates will be Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. Coralville’s city candidate forum is scheduled for Monday, Oct. 4, at 7 p.m.

Mayor John Lundell has been inducted into the Iowa League of Cities’ Hall of Fame for his career in local government that spans decades.

As Iowa’s Corridor communities grow their populations, workforce housing tax credits awarded by the Iowa Economic Development Authority help fill rising demand for building new places to live

Sunrise Movement and Advocates for Social Justice call for Alliant Energy to make a shift to renewable energy sources

Supervisors vote to have Advocates for Social Justice organize the event with Iowa Legal Aid.

The proposal includes a 120-bed senior living facility and 38 acres of land dedicated to the city for expansion of Hickory Hill Park.

As scientists recently shared a landmark report concluding that human-caused emissions of greenhouse gases is contributing to unprecedented and increasingly intense climate events, Cedar Rapids has unveiled its Community Climate Action Plan to boost resiliency to the local effects of accelerated global warming.

A Wednesday forum hosted by NewBoCo marks the first appearance with four candidates in the Cedar Rapids mayoral race leading up to the Nov. 2 city election.

Affordable housing, child care and continuing the city’s climate action work are among what Iowa City council members want to see prioritized in the upcoming fiscal budget.

The Iowa City Council narrowly rejected an agreement to hire a facilitator for its Truth and Reconciliation Commission, raising questions about what is the next step for the commission.