Iowa is one of several states whose cities continue to affirm policies inclusive of LGBTQ residents, despite setbacks for them from new state laws.
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Iowa is one of several states whose cities continue to affirm policies inclusive of LGBTQ residents, despite setbacks for them from new state laws.
After about eight months without a permanent police chief, the city of Cedar Rapids is choosing finalists from a pool of 17 applicants in its search for someone new to lead the police department.
With 26 panelists, six entertainers and the goal of finding solutions to some persistent problems facing Black Iowans, the MLK NOW conference Jan. 13 in Cedar Rapids is expected to draw more than 1,000 people from across the state.
Effective immediately, the Linn County Mental Health Access Center is now available 24/7 to take walk-ins for adults ages 18 and over who are experiencing a mental health or substance use crisis.
No candidates on the Nov. 7 city and school elections ballot requested recounts in Linn and Johnson counties. But in Johnson County, Swisher needs a mayor and the Lone Tree City Council has a vacancy after the people whose names were written in for those jobs declined.
Twenty students will be selected to develop a community project that builds climate resiliency in local communities.
The Gingrich family’s spruce at their Marion home will be Cedar Rapids’ Christmas tree this year. Here’s what you need to know about this year’s annual tree lighting in Greene Square.
Also, residents asked for their opinions on workforce, C.R. city budget
In an effort to prevent blight in neighborhoods, a policy advanced this week by the Marion City Council would add another tool for city staff to improve the conditions of neglected vacant buildings.
Among the five Cedar Rapids projects that were recently awarded redevelopment tax credits from the Iowa Economic Development Authority, local developer Steve Emerson’s proposed transformation of the old Guaranty Bank block received a major boost.
Once rehabilitation work is complete next spring on a once-blighted building in Wellington Heights, Hawkeye Area Community Action Program will own and operate the old Colonial Centre property that the city of Cedar Rapids is transforming into affordable housing.
The City of Cedar Rapids is teaming up with Iowa State University researchers to study how “forever chemicals” hold up during wastewater treatment at the Cedar Rapids Water Pollution Control Facility.
Those living in Cedar Rapids and Iowa City, with the support of their neighbors, can organize to form neighborhood associations. But can any resident start an association within their city and get funding? How are neighborhood boundaries and names determined, anyway?
Also, Mazahir Salih sworn into Iowa City Council
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