The Justice Department is suing Georgia over the state's new election law, alleging Republican state lawmakers rushed through a sweeping overhaul with an intent to deny Black voters equal access to the ballot.
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The Justice Department is suing Georgia over the state's new election law, alleging Republican state lawmakers rushed through a sweeping overhaul with an intent to deny Black voters equal access to the ballot.
SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) — With nearly 160 people unaccounted for and at least four dead after a seaside condominium tower collapsed into a smoldering heap of twisted metal and concrete, rescuers used both heavy equipment and their own hands to comb through the wreckage on Friday in an increasingly desperate search for survivors.
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Iowa Economic Development Authority’s board extended the tax credit deadline for two Cedar Rapids projects Friday at its monthly board meeting.
Waivers had surged under former Republican President Donald Trump, provoking a backlash from biofuel advocates who argued Congress only intended the exemptions to be short-term relief.
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.
CEDAR RAPIDS — A Cedar Rapids man who possessed multiple handguns and shotguns while using drugs pleaded guilty this week …
Cedar Rapids police are investigating after a man was shot in the leg at an apartment complex in northwest Cedar Rapids.
After almost a decade in the position, the executive director of the Marion Heritage Center and Museum is retiring this summer.
Karol Shepherd became the Cedar Rapids Freedom Festival’s events and marketing director just two months before the pandemic shut down the outside world, and ultimately, the 2020 festival. Then she stepped into the executive director position less than two months before the 2021 festival opened.
After demands last year for more artistic opportunities for people of color, the city has responded.
Sales in the pandemic were strong last year. Some vendors in the Corridor say they’re even stronger this year.
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