Cedar Rapids faces steep stormwater fee hikes for large sites
Cedar Rapids weighs a plan to raise stormwater charges up to fourteenfold for big employers and retailers as it upgrades a dated system needing about 100 million dollars in improvements. The fee would hinge on impervious surface, hitting Lindale Mall Transamerica Menards Mercy Medical Center Walmart Target General Mills and local schools most.
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Lindale Mall
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Concrete business fee impact on Unity Point Health St Luke's
The plan would raise St. Luke's bill from 3000 to 14000 or 15000 while most customers see a reduction or no change. Unity Point Health Cedar Rapids CFO Lannie Checketts calls it a fair utilization fee and says the hospital will absorb the cost within budget. The city analysis lists 74 affected customers across 100 properties, residential users largely unchanged.
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Adam Wesley
the Gazette
Unity Point Health-St. Luke’s Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Unity Point Health-St. Luke’s
Lannie Checketts
Unity Point Health
St. Luke’s
Checketts
Iowa would need 134 more ombudsmen for Medicaid privatization
A Des Moines Register report on Iowa's Medicaid privatization shows the state would have to hire 134 more workers and spend up to 17 million dollars annually to expand ombudsman oversight. The plan would create a single entry point for recipients and caregivers and expand legal aid and disability rights networks to handle increased demand. Senate Democrats say bills will push for accountability and safeguards in the privatized program.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Terry Branstad
Towa
Senate
Pam Jochum
D-Dubuque
House
Democrats
Gift to Kirkwood lands marks largest donation in college history
John Harder transfers 80 acres valued at $1.1 million to Kirkwood Community College on December 30, creating the largest land gift in the school's history. The donation honors Jamie Lynn Harder, a Cedar Rapids teen who died in a 1988 plane crash, with scholarships and lasting remembrance through the college. Representatives note the gift fulfills long-held family goals and supports youth leadership and education.
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Jamie Lynn Harder
Kirkwood Community College
Jamie
Alexandra Harder
Carole Harder
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