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Have outdated and onerous zoning ordinances and environmental protections stifled housing development and local economies? A new federal report says …
So Cedar Rapids weathered the Cedar River’s latest surge. This time, the preparation, not the flood, was ‘epic.” ‘We won …
Jeff Melsha, who runs the iconic Little Bohemia tavern, was determined to look on the bright side Sunday afternoon as …
Seems like everyone is excited about the number of women up and down the ballot. But there is one hotly …
Just when we had gotten back to sweating all the small stuff, the normal stuff, like arguing over sidewalks, pointing …
So Cedar Rapids leaders have been offered a Wild Rose. Accepting it would mean pruning back their once ambitious dreams …
Some Iowa lawmakers and elected officials gathered on the steps of the Capital this week to be disingenuous. It’s difficult …
Trips to my mailbox in recent days have dented my hopes for a legislative campaign addressing stuff more substantive than …
By my estimation, high school football games are the greatest student solidarity builders since elementary school. It’s one of the …
So the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation is no longer opposed to generating new state revenue for water quality initiatives. But …
DES MOINES – From tiny homes to renovated hotel properties, people across Iowa and the nation are coming together in …
DES MOINES – The City of Cedar Rapids is in the process of updating its zoning code and, after attending …
A guy named Gary Craver, a researcher and genealogist from Centerville, was digging into his local paper’s archives when he …
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