West Side Cedar Rapids Library Breaks Ground in 2026
The Cedar Rapids west side project aims to create a larger community library with a six acre park, dedicated children’s space, and expanded job seeker services. Groundbreak this fall with opening slated for late 2026, funded by city and county grants, estate gifts, and private donations.
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Hall
Edgewood Road
20Th Ave
Ladd Library
Opportunity Center
Libby Slappey
The
Friends of the Cedar Rapids Public Library
Nadine Sandberg
Cedar Rapids
Slappey
Westside
Sandberg
Library Foundation
Foundation
Charity Tyler
West Side
Ladd
Dara Schmidt
Crlibrary.org
Iowa rail safety bill targets branch lines amid merger concerns
Iowa lawmakers push a safety bill after Canadian Pacific Kansas City merger plans would lift traffic on branch lines from eight to about 22 trains per day by 2027. The proposal faces industry opposition over cost and limited coverage while citing East Palestine as a warning and noting detectors already spread across some routes.
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Sabula
Iowa
Mississippi River
Kansas City
Clinton
Camanche
Princeton
LeClaire
Bettendorf
Davenport
Muscatine
Canadian Pacific
Washington
Fruitland
Cindy Winckler
D-Davenport
East Palestine
Ohio
Quad Cities
Larry Lloyd
U.S
Canadian Pacific Kansas City
Federal Railroad Administration
Lloyd
Brad Epperly
Bnsf Railway Co
Smith
Michael Walker
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Walker
Scott Webster
R-Bettendorf
Winckler
Iowa lawmakers weigh hearing on transgender protections proposal
A subcommittee hearing is set for Wednesday in Des Moines with Rep. Steve Holt chairing. The plan would remove gender identity from the Iowa Civil Rights Act while retaining gender dysphoria as a protected disability, drawing mixed reaction from Democrats and Republicans.
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Iowa House Judiciary Committee
Steve Holt
Denison
Holt
Des Moines Register
Shipley
The
Register
Iowa
Iowa Capitol
Sami Scheetz
Cedar Rapids
Scheetz
Crow
Jennifer Konfist
Iowa House
Statehouse
Erin.murphy
Thegazette
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Linn County Board of Supervisors
Grace
King
Tiffany O’donnell
Cedar Rapids Public Library Foundation
Nick Rohlman
the Gazette
National Transportation Safety Board
Norfolk Southern
Chris Smith
Smart Transportation
Sarah Watson
Quad-City Times
Tom.barton
Sen
Scott
Wenoter
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