After almost two hours of public comment, with the majority of speakers opposing any moratorium, the supervisors voted 2-1 to reject a proposed moratorium on utility-scale solar installations.
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After almost two hours of public comment, with the majority of speakers opposing any moratorium, the supervisors voted 2-1 to reject a proposed moratorium on utility-scale solar installations.
Crews hauled about 4 million cubic yards of tree debris in the 10 months since last summer’s storm downed most of the city’s tree canopy. Work continues on stump grinding, replanting and parks cleanup.
For the first time since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, City Hall in Iowa City will be fully open to the public.
The Iowa Economic Development Authority board on Friday provisionally awarded Cedar Rapids $9 million through its Reinvestment District program, falling short of the city’s $39.5 million request to fuel ‘transformational’ developments.
Site to focus on providing access to solar-charging stations, Wi-Fi, local food
The Iowa Economic Development Authority staff’s recommended award of $9 million falls short of city’s $39.5 million request to fuel key developments downtown.
The Johnson County Board of Supervisors has changed the county’s eponym to recognize the first Black woman in Iowa to earn a PhD.
FedEx estimates a payroll budget of $20 million to cover 434 new mostly part-time jobs, a city official says
The panel -- created this year in response to demands for police reform from racial justice advocates -- will begin meeting in July to chart a path forward for improved community-police relations.
Inspired by their experiences seeking police reform last year after George Floyd’s murder sparked a reckoning with systemic racism, Advocates for Social Justice members Amara Andrews and Tamara Marcus now look to lead change on the Cedar Rapids City Council.
The proposed FedEx warehouse and distribution center would create 434 new jobs at the approximately 479,000-square-foot facility, one of the largest projects in city history.
Angelina Ramirez, 21, and Harold Walehwa, 22, are Coe College rising seniors leading efforts to push for racial justice on campus, in Cedar Rapids and across Iowa.
The city of Cedar Rapids has published its annual water quality report for 2020, which provides a comprehensive look at …
Cedar Rapids will hold events at various locations June 18 through June 26 to gather input on the Community Climate Action Plan
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