Linn local option sales tax plan details released
May 5 election funds would allocate 10 percent to property tax relief and 90 percent to sewer and water systems streets Lewis Access Road trunk sewer and sewer projects 26 percent 31 percent streets 20 percent Central Corridor redevelopment 10 percent parks trails 13 percent other community improvements Readiness includes streets water sewer and other community improvement projects totaling 13 398 million with a projected estimate based on all cities adopting the tax from the Iowa Department of Revenue.
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Linn residents vote again on 1 percent sales tax
Marion and eight Linn County cities plus Hiawatha Robins Center Point and Walford will rerun May 5 votes on a local option sales tax rejected March 3. Marion seeks passage with an information campaign to fund a $20 million sewer project over five years.
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Love story on a barn beams with Cedar Rapids couple
John Saathoff memorializes his wife Bev with a 5 by 9 foot portrait on their barn near North Center Point Road. The couple raised a chow huskie mix Cass and a wild-raised squirrel Jack while sharing 17 years together after meeting on a blind date in 1985. Bev died December 3 2002 after a mesothelioma battle.
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Exxon Mobil topples Wal Mart on Fortune 500 earnings list
Exxon Mobil overtook Wal Mart to lead Fortune 500 in 2009, reporting 442.85 billion dollars in revenue for 2008 and a 45.2 billion dollar profit. Wal Mart dropped to No. 2 with 405.6 billion revenue and 13.4 billion profit as earnings across the index fell 85 percent.
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Top 10 Global Corporations by Market Value in 2008
The list ranks Exxon Mobil Wal Mart Chevron ConocoPhillips General Electric General Motors Ford AT T Hewlett Packard Valero Energy as leading global corporations by market value for the year 2008.
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Linn Area Reads forum uses Tallgrass to probe diversity
The Linn Area Reads event at the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art discusses race and diversity using Sandra Dallas Tallgrass. Adrien Wing notes Iowa remains overwhelmingly white and argues that diversity is clustered, shaping how children encounter other races and how schools handle segregation.
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