Also in the Capitol Notebook, lawmakers advance a bill to create a state retirement savings plan for Iowans whose employers don’t offer a retirement plan.
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Also in the Capitol Notebook, lawmakers advance a bill to create a state retirement savings plan for Iowans whose employers don’t offer a retirement plan.
Despite Gov. Kim Reynold’s proposal at the start of this legislative session to increase aid to Iowa’s three public universities and its 15 community colleges, a budget compromise she’s reached with Senate Republicans includes no general education bump for the higher education institutions.
The $14.9 million Alliant Energy LightLine bridge will connect the historic NewBo and Czech Village districts.
A motorcyclist who was injured in a crash last week faces of a charge of making falsified reports after police say he incorrectly claimed he was run off the road by another vehicle, according to a news release from the Cedar Rapids Police Department.
House File 299 would require schools and child care centers to include information about obtaining vaccine exemptions in any public communication to parents or guardians following recommendations by the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services.
Two Iowa veterans on Tuesday were gifted new all-terrain wheelchairs through an annual fundraiser hosted by ITC Midwest in Cedar Rapids.
A judge suspended a 10-year sentence for second-degree arson to a Cedar Rapids man and sentenced him to three years probation. Prosecution recommended probation because the man struggles with mental health issues and has been compliant with prescribed medication.
Affidavit for the warrant still sealed as 1995 disappearance remains under investigation
Cedar Rapids school board indicates strong support for plan ahead of May 12 vote
Both dip into reserves to cover expected revenue decline from state income tax cuts.
The city’s property tax rate slightly drops, but general fund grows to cover costs
The invitation to Cedar Rapids may have been influenced by the Kennedys’ close friendship with the Rt. Rev. Msgr. Maurice S. Sheehy, who was priest at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church at the time.
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