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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 2015
Page
1
City Council approves a plan to convert several Cedar Rapids one way streets to two way traffic. The action aims to improve circulation and accessibility across downtown and surrounding neighborhoods.
University of Iowa students outraged by a Ku Klux Klan robed sculpture were invited to offer revisions to a draft apology by President Sally Mason. The action underscores campus tensions over race and university response as revisions move toward publication.
Senator Grassley voiced strong criticism of Attorney General nominee Loretta Lynch while opening hearings on her appointment to succeed Eric Holder. The session highlighted partisan tensions and questions about law enforcement policy.
The Gazette presents its index for Volume 133 number 20, dated 2015, outlining the issue’s contents. It lists column and feature items, names, and page references likely used by readers to locate articles across sections.
Linn County supervisors and eight other elected officials near six figure salaries after the Compensation Board recommended a 3 percent raise for nine officials and a 10.4 percent boost for Sheriff Brian Gardner. With current pay near $99,000, the board sees salaries rising above $101,000, provoking mixed views from officials who mostly ran unopposed.
In Cedar Rapids, CRST International's 11 story CRST Center rises near a 12 foot flood wall. The wall and foundation tie into pilings under the building, raising questions of who pays as the project nears a $40 million total with up to $3.95 million from the city. The flood control plan includes a pumping station shell and a storm sewer gate, with the city using a lease purchase rather than public bidding for this project.
Environmental groups and the Humane Society filed two federal suits asking the EPA to regulate ammonia hydrogen sulfide volatile organic compounds methane and particulates from livestock confinement under the Clean Air Act. Plaintiffs cite health harms, climate impact and regional haze and seek a final agency decision on petitions from 2009 and 2011 within 90 days. Local resident Rosie Partridge described breathing difficulties near 30,000 hogs in Sac County Iowa as testimony to the issue.
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