Local Government

The Linn County Board of Supervisors is moving quickly to pass its next budget, which will feature a nice property-tax …

A pair of former Republican northeast Iowa congressmen have endorsed state Rep. Walt Rogers’ bid for the GOP nomination for …

Rob Wagner, a supervisor with the Cedar Rapids Parks and Recreation Department, has been named Special Olympics North America 2013 …

Employees of the 6th Judicial District Department of Correctional Services want answers from the Board of Directors that oversaw the …

City Council member Kris Gulick has been named to the National League of Cities’ Finance, Administration & Intergovernmental Relations Steering …

Two annexations backed by the City Council now have been given final approval by the state’s City Development Board. Both …

The city’s Board of Adjustment gave final approval this week for a conditional use permit to allow the Pathfinder Outdoor …

City officials across Linn County – except in Hiawatha – will get some help balancing their next general-operating budgets because …

Cedar Rapids City Councilwoman Monica Vernon will report raising more than $224,000 in the fourth quarter of 2013 for her …

CEDAR RAPIDS – Significantly higher-than-expected construction bids have put on hold an ambitious plan to transform the shuttered Monroe Elementary …

Plenty of praise came to the Linn County Board of Supervisors on Wednesday for its plan to spend $1.735 million …

Rod Blum, candidate for the Republican nomination in Iowa’s U.S. House 1st District, announced he raised $60,000 in the last …