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With get-to-the-basement season approaching , The National Weather Service is changing its criteria for the size of hail that must fall on …
Last week, as the Cedar Rapids City Council approved a resolution promising to spend local option tax money on housing, …
It’s special election day here in Linn County, where voters will decide the fate of local option sales tax measures. …
This just in from Gov. Chet Culver’s office: GOVERNOR CULVER TO WORK FROM THE OLD CAPITOL ON WEDNESDAY Old Capitol …
I really don’t have anything wise and deep to say about the late great broadcaster Paul Harvey, who died over …
February was 24-Hour Dorman’s best-ever readership month, even without benefit of leap year. Thanks for checking it out. And come back. Often. …
Two big tax issues face moments of truth this week. Cedar Rapids and voters across Linn County vote Tuesday on …
I know this local option sales tax thing is being voted on town-by-town, but this is a chance for you …
Anti-tax activists known as the Cedar Rapids Tea Party were hoping to channel their revolutionary Boston brethren Saturday by dumping tea into …
Gov. Chet Culver totally said what we were thinking, didn’t he? The past few days, reading developments in the Atalissa bunkhouse …
This morning, as I noted in my previous post today, The Gazette fronted news that Iowa politicians have little or no …
In some instances, politicians/elected officials are sort of like whitetail deer. When a threat to the herd appears on the horizon, …
Imagine my surprise this week when I found out my youngest daughter is a well-known smuggler. I was informed by …
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