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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 2014
Page
1
A report for Cedar Rapids Community School District finds children of color receive more in school and out of school suspensions than white students. The study highlights disparities and calls for district actions to address inequities.
The District of Columbia city council on Tuesday voted to decriminalize marijuana, making possession of a joint a violation comparable to a parking ticket.
The Rape Victim Advocacy Center in Iowa City hosts The Bandana Project this Friday to raise awareness of violence against agricultural workers. Hawkeyes football news notes Six Iowans expected to sign national letters of intent with Iowa today as page 1B coverage.
Collins Road Theatres will close most of next week to install new seating in three of its five auditoriums and upgrade the sound system. The project aims to improve comfort and acoustics for moviegoers.
Local page includes classifieds comics Dear Abby and notices on deaths with brief lottery puzzles and river level sports. Weather sections accompany the Riverside Gazette with community updates and listings for 2014 volume 132 number 27.
State foresters and entomologists report the emerald ash borer in Waterloo in a 10 by 10 block area on the northeast side. Waterloo becomes the sixth Iowa spot with the pest as cities like Mechanicsville have seen activity in seven months. Urban forester Todd Derifield warns of major losses, estimating 17 percent of Waterloo’s public trees may be removed in coming years. Cedar Rapids arborist Todd Fagan notes 18 to 30 percent of Cedar Rapids rights of way are ashes, with thousands already taken down since 2010.
A major winter storm system blankets the Midwest with up to 10 inches of snow and spawns a new storm heading toward the Northeast. Forecasters warn travel delays and business disruptions across states as winter storm warnings cover more than a third of the population.
The Clear Creek Amana Community School District voters approve a 48 million dollar bond referendum to fund new and improved facilities to handle rapid enrollment growth. The measure passed 79 to 21 percent, with 1,237 ballots cast, pending official canvass.
Congress passes a roughly 1 trillion farm bill with support from a cross section of farm state senators 68 to 32 in the Senate and prior House approval. The measure sets five year policy on subsidies nutrition programs and the food stamp safety net with Obama backing the compromise.
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