New urbanism takes root in Iowa City peninsula project
The Gazette reviews the new urbanist approach shaping the Iowa City peninsula neighborhood across the Iowa River bend opposite Coralville. Construction has started with phase one due next summer, aiming for a mixed housing mix while keeping rents affordable through Housing Authority ownership to curb sprawl and preserve neighborhood neighborliness.
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Living wage debate mirrors a broader economic stance
The piece critiques living wage policies as a false floor for wages and warns they could raise costs, shift jobs abroad, and widen inequality. It argues productivity should justify pay, favors corporate responsibility, and cites Iowa data and state conditions. Mike Cambridge of Cambridge Staffing notes local hiring impact.
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The Gazette shifts to morning daily publication in 1981
The Gazette marks twenty years since switching from afternoon to seven day morning edition on June 26 1981. The move changed news coverage advertising sales production and distribution shaping delivery by sunrise. The Sunday edition began morning publication in 1927 followed by the 1975 Saturday morning switch.
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Cedar Rapids Republican
Joe Hladky II
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The Gazette Morning Edition and Neighborhood Series
The Gazette details rise of morning papers in the U S and Iowa with The Gazette's switch in 1981 to morning publication. It previews the eighth annual In The Neighborhood series in Linn and Johnson counties with block parties and group photos. Readers are invited to share feedback on last week’s Trail of Terror narrative via Mark Bowden.
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