State Government

It’s as if the value of money loses its understandability when it comes to funding wars, Wall Street bailouts and …

It was nice seeing Paul Pate last week. Pate, the city’s last full-time mayor under its former commission form of …

It is worth noting what with Sarah Palin slated to stop in Cedar Rapids on Thursday: Cedar Rapids’ mayoral legend, Don Canney, …

Are City Council meetings supposed to be frightening? Can a City Council ban someone from meetings? Wednesday evening’s council meeting …

Sometimes it seems hard for nine people, the nine members of the City Council, to make a decision. It seems, …

Say what you will about FEMA. The federal agency, which by most accounts stumbled badly in the Hurricane Katrina disaster …

The numbers don’t always add up. But they all tell the same story: June’s historic flood hit Cedar Rapids hard. …

Just who is the boss in a council/manager government is a question that probably never is answered for too long …

Council member Jerry McGrane took a minute at this week’s council meeting to update the council and the public about …

Seven employees at the Cedar Rapids/Linn County Solid Waste Agency who are not eligible for overtime pay will be getting …

City Council member Jerry McGrane parlayed his visibility as president of the Oak Hill/Jackson Neighborhood Association into a successful run …

Is it a power struggle of some sort at City Hall? Suddenly this week, council member Justin Shields announced that …