The U.S. Postal Service would have to continue Saturday mail delivery for two more years and would face a one-year moratorium on closing rural post offices under a bill the U.S. Senate approved yesterday. Both of Iowa's senators voted for final passage... »
What should we think, some 42 years, after the first creation of Earth Day? As we celebrate Earth Day on April 22Nd, Robert H. Nelson, professor of environmental policy at the University of Maryland has an interesting guest column titled Earth Day's en... »
This Saturday night, popular Cedar Rapids cover band Super Size Seven will be holding a cd release party at Chrome Horse Saloon on 3rd St SW, starting around 9 PM. "We kept the recordings as... »
The Iowa Senate approved a broad education reform bill yesterday on a party-line vote of 26 to 24. Details on Senate File 2284 and the floor debate in the upper chamber are after the jump. I've also included the latest news on efforts to stop Iowa scho... »
After several hours of delay due to a suspicious powder mailed to State Representative Ako Abdul-Samad, the Iowa House passed a bill last night to ban local governments from using "automated traffic law enforcement systems." The 58 to 40 vote didn't fo... »
At least 200 people gathered on the west steps of the Iowa State Capitol Monday evening for a rally and vigil marking one month since Trayvon Martin's killing in Floriday. After the jump I've posted a few notes from the event, along with links about th... »
Friday marked the second anniversary of President Barack Obama signing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, more commonly known as health care reform or "Obamacare." After the jump I enclose lots of news related to the milestone, including c... »
CEDAR RAPIDS — Four shootings here in less than a month, with several people injured and one dead, prompted City Manager Jeff Pomeranz to call on Interim Police Chief Tom Jonker to make a... »
