State Government

Contractors seeking a coveted, federally financed city contract to demolish the flood- and fire-damaged Sinclair meatpacking plant will have to …

Attorneys for two demolition contractors failed in federal and state court this afternoon to win injunctions to stop tonight’s scheduled …

Disaster specialist Peter Teahen is back home in Cedar Rapids after nine days in earthquake-hit Haiti. The disaster, he reports, …

 City Council member Chuck Swore has advocated for it; so, too, has perennial City Hall candidate P.T. Larson. Now come …

Does your employer pay you in cash for unused vacation? The city of Cedar Rapids does for some of its …

Sometimes you can get a feeling we’re not in Cedar Rapids anymore. Such is the case for anyone who takes …

The hopes of some City Council members for the city’s next budget were bigger last week than last night. Council …

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources said Monday that the city and the local solid waste agency have state permission …

Mayor Ron Corbett has taken steps to move Cedar Rapids’ Wednesday evening council meetings to Tuesday evenings and to a …

Flood recovery here is aging – it’s more than 19 months old now. But the mayor, Ron Corbett, is new. …

Eight contractors – four with attorneys – made their case to the City Council’s new Procurement Committee on Friday afternoon …

City Council member Chuck Wieneke put it this way last night at another lengthy council budget session: “I’m ashamed to …