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As the city of Cedar Rapids crafts a Strategic Parking plan for core neighborhoods, including downtown, the feedback from residents …
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the remaining window would really make voter education meetings and a campaign materials a really tight turn. Wisely, the Marion …
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Wixted & Company, a firm hired by the Cedar Rapids Community School District to create a communications plan, found a …
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Recently, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced that federal funding for wind and solar energy projects will be slashed. The …
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Cedar Rapids smartly signed on to a national class action lawsuit against water polluters, and a settlement will provide funds …
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A clear majority of Johnson County residents who answered a survey commissioned by the county support a new county sheriff’s …
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Iowa’s Board of Regents has decided its next target on state university campuses is what it calls “indoctrination.” It could …
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When backers of a casino in Cedar Rapids unveiled its latest push to win a state license in 2022, the …
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Iowa has been trying for decades to plug Iowa’s brain drain, shorthand for the flow of educated young people leaving …
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Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird is preparing to investigate the University of Iowa for failing to destroy all remnants of …
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Alliant Energy wants to build a natural gas-fired power plant on the south side of Fairfax to serve large new …
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Top Iowa Republican leaders have mobilized to defend bacon. What is the threat to bacon? It’s Proposition 12, a measure …
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A majority of Cedar Rapids City Council members voted this week to eliminate the city’s citizen police review board. The …
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Just before passing President Donald Trump’s 2025 big, beautiful tax and budget reconciliation bill, Republicans threw a bone to Senators, …
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