AMES, Iowa – May 17, 2012 – The Iowa Department of Transportation, in coordination with the Federal Railroad Administration and Illinois Department of Transportation,...
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IOWA CITY – A riverside park with condos overlooking it and retail and office space, all in a pedestrian-friendly neighborhood. That was the vision laid out Thursday night by the city of Iowa City and its consultants for a portion of the Riverfront Crossings District south of downtown Iowa City. “I think it’s terrific...
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Gov. Terry Branstad this afternoon all but rulled out state support for an Iowa City-Chicago Amtrak service. “I don’t want to get into the operating-subsidy business,” Branstad told The Gazette’s editorial board during a meeting in Cedar Rapids. “It’s a slippery slope.” Plans for the train supporters call the Chicago Flyer have been underway...
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IOWA CITY – The City Council will resume its discussion on affordable housing Jan. 31, this time with a lot more data at its disposal. The council took up the issue in the fall when it tried to tackle where certain types of affordable housing should be allowed to be built. Council members said...
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DES MOINES — Tim Dwight and Sage Rosenfels created plenty of electricity on gridiron. Now the former Hawkeye receiver and Cyclone quarterback are making electricity on the grid. And Jan. 25 they called on the Iowa Legislature to join them in developing a solar energy market in Iowa. Dwight, owner of iPower, a California...
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Updated 3:40 p.m. with comments from state Sen. Bob Dvorsky, in bold. Backers of a plan to restore passenger train service to Iowa City met today with Gov. Terry Branstad. And that’s all they have to say about that. “We met with the governor,” said Kelly McCann, communications director for the Iowa City Area...
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DES MOINES – An Iowa House committee has approved a measure calling for a referendum on a constitutional ban of same-sex marriage. “It’s time for the public debate to begin in earnest,” Rep. Kurt Swaim, D-Bloomfield, told the House Judiciary Committee before it voted 13-8 Jan. 24 to send a resolution calling for a...
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Backers of the plan to bring passenger rail service to Iowa City are cautiously optimistic about gaining Gov. Terry Branstad’s longterm support for the project, based on what they’re hearing from the governor’s fellow Republicans. “In conversations I’ve had with Republican leadership, they’re cautiously optimistic about the project,” Rebecca Neades, vice president and director of...
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IOWA CITY – The city is ready to start designing a new parking structure that will include condominiums and office space in addition to parking spots. The City Council is scheduled to vote Tuesday night to hire Neumann Monson Architects of Iowa City to design the building. The contract calls for a lump sum fee of $447,800,...
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DES MOINES – On a party line vote, Iowa House Republicans approved more than $500 million in spending cuts over the next three years and established a taxpayer relief fund that could return more than $327 million to taxpayers. “This bill begins a process of putting our fiscal house in order,” said Rep. Nick...
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DES MOINES – In orderly and civil fashion, Iowans descended on the “People’s House” to urge lawmakers to tax and spend more wisely and more efficiently. For some, that meant endorsing House File 45, a House Republican proposal to cut nearly $505 million in state spending over the next three years and set aside...
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