Cedar Rapids settles labor pact dispute with Branstad
Cedar Rapids and Governor Branstad reach two agreements ending a five month dispute over a project labor agreement on the $75 million Convention Complex. The city will rescind the PLA for the project while committing to use PLAs on the nearby $21 million Five Seasons Hotel renovation and a $10 million parking ramp. The deals avoid state funding and align parties for a taxpayer-friendly compromise.
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Terry Branstad
Five Seasons
Committee backs renaming Eastern Iowa Airport after Don Canney
The 3A Council, reading a governor’s legal counsel letter, moves to rename Eastern Iowa Airport for longtime Cedar Rapids mayor Don Canney. Scott Smith of the Building and Construction Trades Council says Tuesday morning they dropped the project labor agreement from the Convention Complex project, with no guarantee on hotel and parking ramp deals.
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Don Canney
Jeff Pomeranz
Corbett
Brenna Findley
Scott Smith
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Leach urges civility as NEH head tours U.S.
Former Iowa congressman Jim Leach now chairs the National Endowment for the Humanities and travels across the country promoting civility in public discourse. He notes concerns about social divisions and potential violence while his wife Elisabeth Leach also holds a senior NEH position.
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Iown
Ashington
Jim Leach
America
Leach
Iowa
Dave Loebsack
Elisabeth “Delia” Leach
Endowment
Stephen Mally
Elisabeth Leach
Post Office
Washington, D.C
Obama urges adaptation as economy stalls in Davenport visit
President Barack Obama spoke at Alcoa Davenport Works in Bettendorf Iowa, praising manufacturing as an American resilience story. He recalled 2008 victory history and urged workers to up their game as the plant rehired laid off staff and eyed expansion amid a sluggish economy.
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Ross
Bettendorf
Alcoa
Davenport
Cynthia Freidhof
Texas
Alcoa Davenport Works
Obama
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