Cedar Rapids buys former Sinclair plant cleanup costs rise
The Cedar Rapids City Council approved a change order for D.W. Zinser of Walford raising the asbestos remediation cost at the former Sinclair meatpacking site to 2.85 million, up 36 percent from 2.09 million. The total cleanup tab exceeds 20 million for the site acquired about a decade ago.
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Cedar Rapids weighs city role in school closure plan
Cedar Rapids officials debate the city’s role as the Cedar Rapids school board weighs a $223 million plan to close eight elementary schools and either rebuild or renovate 13 others. A council member urges closer collaboration while noting the board holds final authority and the plan lacks a public vote.
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Gazette hosts forum on Cedar Rapids school plan
The Gazette presents a public forum on the school plan tonight from 6 to 7 30 p m at the Cedar Rapids Public Library 450 Fifth Ave SE. Free registration is required and can be completed at TheGazette com crschoolforum or by calling (319) 398 8240. The event will also be livestreamed at TheGazette com.
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Uninsured rate rises in Trump first year
Gallup data show 12.2 percent of U.S. adults lacked health insurance at end of 2017 up from 10.9 percent in 2016, signaling the first annual increase since 2008 and about 3.2 million people losing coverage. report notes greatest drop among health care sectors.
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Health care organ transplants rise nationwide in 2017
Nationally 34,768 organ transplants were performed last year, a 3.4 percent rise from 2016, with the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics leading Iowa centers by far by performing 3,929 transplants between 1988 and 2017.
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