Statehouse Republicans push back at the report, saying it covers only 6 years and question its definition of administrative expenses
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Statehouse Republicans push back at the report, saying it covers only 6 years and question its definition of administrative expenses
Four years after a Utah company started buying Johnson County mobile home parks, residents say they’ve seen annual rent hikes of 10% or more, reduced services and poor maintenance.
Two years after Iowa’s Board of Regents gave the University of Iowa permission to build a new 469,000-square-foot hospital on 60 acres of vacant land in North Liberty, regents on Wednesday donned hard hats to tour the highly-technical steel and concrete structure that has emerged from the visionary renderings they first OK’d in September 2021.
Hundreds of like-minded nature lovers will gather to honor the past 50 years of providing environmental education in the Cedar Rapids area, celebrate the nature center’s bright future, and enjoy the present with good food, great music and amazing company for the Party in the Prairie event to be held Oct. 14.
A fatal two-vehicle collision was followed by a single-vehicle accident involving a responding Johnson County Deputy just after noon on Tuesday.
A Linn County committee compared emissions between 2010 and 2019 to track progress.
Iowa Democratic Party Chair Rita Hart called on Iowa’s Republican U.S. House to put politics aside and work across the aisle on a budget resolution palatable to the Senate to avert a federal government shutdown.
The city of Cedar Rapids is piloting a program to give vouchers to low-income households toward purchasing a bike or e-bike at local shops. The effort aims to provide them with a low-cost transportation method to help them travel to work, appointments and social services.
As part of Iowa State University’s goal to trim $15 million from its College of Liberal Arts and Sciences by 2025 — in response to waning enrollment, swelling expenses, and other higher education headwinds — the campus last year offered a retirement incentive that has persuaded 17 participants to leave.
Cedar Rapids schools’ four-pillar plan calls for updated learning environments, strong family engagement and energizing staff.
Also, Cedar Rapids Democrat announces re-election bid for Iowa House
Students, staff hope to create an annual community project called ‘Wolfpack Gives Back’
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