3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (309+ words) For many years, conversations about financial well-being have centered on the measures we know best; such as income, employment and poverty rates. While these measures are important, they don’t always capture the financial realities Iowa families face in their day-to…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (777+ words) People wait in line during a Cedar Crossing Casino jobs fair Wednesday at The Hotel at Kirkwood Center in Cedar Rapids. The casino is looking to fill hundreds of positions ahead of its planned opening in November. Tora Phelps, of…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (64+ words) thegazette.com You're on the list! ℹ️ You may want to whitelist emails from Start Your Morning Informed Hawkeye Marching Band member dies after game-day heat stroke Cedar Crossing Casino plans job fair ahead of November debut Iowa football’s…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (276+ words) University of Iowa Health Care nixes plans for new $2B inpatient tower thegazette.com University of Iowa Health Care is seeking Board of Regents approval to spend $72.5 million on “early work” to prepare for construction of an 842,000-square-foot inpatient tower....

5+ day, 19+ hour ago   (671+ words) Amber Burgett (right), a special-education interventionist, holds up a sign to direct students as they climb aboard a Cedar Rapids school bus Aug. 25 at Viola Gibson Elementary in Cedar Rapids. CEDAR RAPIDS — Thirteen stop-arm violations in the first week of…...

1+ week, 12+ hour ago   (536+ words) People attend a Linn County Board of Supervisors meeting in February in Palo about a proposed data center ordinance. From my vantage point, the current data center expansion looks and sounds a lot like the early 1990s when giant hog factories…...

1+ week, 19+ hour ago   (574+ words) As a litigation lawyer, I do not draft estate plans. But I often see what happens years later, after someone dies and the family must administer an estate or resolve a dispute. One thing has become increasingly clear to me:…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (559+ words) The Cedar Crossing Casino & Entertainment Center in Cedar Rapids, shown July 30, is on track to open open in mid-November, six weeks ahead of schedule. CEDAR RAPIDS — Cedar Crossing Casino & Entertainment Center is hosting a job fair this month as it…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (287+ words) CEDAR RAPIDS — The city of Cedar Rapids is ranked No. 14 on employment website Indeed’s inaugural list of Best Cities for Work. The index ranks 228 U.S. metro areas with populations of 200,000 or more based on six “pillars”: job opportunity; compensation;…...

2+ week, 19+ hour ago   (516+ words) Construction continues during an update at the Google data center site May 30, 2025, in Cedar Rapids. I have been in public life for more than 15 years, as a school board member, in the state Legislature, and as one of Gov. Kim…...