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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 2015
Page
1
Historic Welsh United Church near Iowa City remains active more than a century and a half after its founding by early settlers. The church continues regular services and serves as a historic community landmark.
The Gazette presents INDEX Vol. 133 No. 17 for 2015 featuring listings, notices, and brief summaries of local events. Readers find calendar items, community updates, and referenced items from the year’s mid-month edition.
Support for raising the fuel tax has grown among state leaders and groups, but opponents persist as Iowa grapples with a 215 million annual transportation budget hole. Bridges lag and highway projects stall while declining gas tax revenue from efficient cars and lower driving persists. Counties turn to bonds to fund road work.
Iowa lawmakers debate state university support and whether 30 million in ISU experiment station funding should count toward general university funds. The plan to tie most funds to resident enrollment prompts scrutiny of current split allocations and large special purpose appropriations.
Iowa DOT canceled over 450 titles and registrations obtained with false information in September. Cars with Linn and Polk County plates clogged Ditmas Park West since 2012, prompting talks that plates were shifted to New Jersey. Local residents and a Manhattan lawyer linked rental firms to the issue.
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