The warring factions in the Cedar Rapids casino fight do agree on something. Neither side plans to release any campaign …
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The warring factions in the Cedar Rapids casino fight do agree on something. Neither side plans to release any campaign …
So I got an email early this morning from Steve Gray, who is leading a group of investors who want …
So Vote Yes Linn County has dispatched a list of 59 58 investors in a potential Cedar Rapids casino. Many familiar …
Only a few of the lobbying groups following state legislators back to Des Moines this month are likely to see …
Opponents of a casino in Cedar Rapids stopped by for a sit-down this past week. Among the many arguments they …
Iowa City High School students wait to board school buses at the end of the school day Tuesday, Jan. 8, …
(Today’s print column) Linn County supervisors’ paychecks are back in the news. It’s got me feeling nostalgic. I had just …
We’ve seen some pretty big turning points in the effort to gain and cement marriage equality. There was the Iowa …
In this age of billions and trillions, when it almost seems like too much trouble to pick up a penny …
They’re going to put a time capsule in the wall at the newly remodeled U.S. Cellular Center. The History Center …
Gov. Terry Branstad’s budget advisers had a simple, festive message for state lawmakers as they returned to the Statehouse. You’d …
After Sept. 11, 2001, then-Cedar Rapids Jefferson senior Amanda Irish knew she would enlist. She’d been thinking about college, but …
So, how about having a little political bombshell dropped on your lazy Saturday? AP’s Tom Beaumont had the scoop that …
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