Local Government

The city’s Board of Adjustment this week decided to approve four requests for new billboards in the city, even as …

Landlords here are getting closer to being required to conduct mandatory criminal background checks of their prospective tenants. A special …

UPDATE: The Cedar Rapids City Council’s Public Safety Committee has sent to the full council a proposed new ordinance that …

A four-year legal fight in state court over the methane collection system at the Mount Trashmore landfill near downtown Cedar …

The staff is recommending that the library board ban sleeping in the Iowa City Public Library. The board of trustees …

Mayor Ron Corbett, a former Iowa representative, says the city’s top three legislative priorities are securing funding to make the …

A finance veteran will take over for Iowa City’s longtime finance director. Dennis Bockenstedt has been hired as the city’s …

The City Planning Commission on Thursday unanimously approved zoning and land-use changes needed for Penford Products Co. to buy and …

The City Planning Commission wants the City Council to impose a moratorium on permits for new billboards until the city …

CEDAR RAPIDS – The Simply Sensual shop next to a Laundromat and a Mexican grocery store in a west-side strip …

Trucking firm CRST Inc. has received an economic-development incentive from the Cedar Rapids City Council in trade for what the …

Landlords aren’t flying under the City Hall radar. On Tuesday, to the displeasure of some landlords, the City Council gave …