Cedar Rapids rezoning vote halts housing project at Edgewood Rd
The City Council's 5-3 decision to oppose the rezoning of 1200 Edgewood Rd NW ends a proposed affordable housing project backed by CommonBond Communities and local staff. Opposition cited traffic, drainage, and sidewalks. supporters argued it meets plans and aids the homeless. Final tax credit implications loom as the site faces cancellation.
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Scott Overland
Ralph Russell
Pat Shey
Ann Poe
Susie Weinacht
Scott Olson
Justin Shields
Corbett
Kris Gulick
Willis Dady Emergency Shelter
Edgewood Rd
Joe Mailander
Cedar Rapids
City Planning Commission
Brad Buck
Shey
Crestwood Drive
Edgewood Road
I T
Sarah Crandall
Shields
CommonBond Communities
St. Paul
Minn
Midwest
Iowa Finance Authority
Willis Dady
Justin Eilers
CommonBond
Eilers
Gazette
City Hall
Crestwood Ridge Apartments
Regent requests recount in ISU flight reimbursement probe
The Gazette reports that Story County Attorney's Office will lead any criminal investigation into ISU President Leath's use of university planes and reimbursement practices. Regents officials say no contact from investigators and no criminal proceedings have been initiated.
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Story County
ISA
Gazette
ISU
Iowa Department of Public Safety
Alex Murphy
Leath
Iowa Attorney General’s Office
Board of Regents
State Office
Attorney General’s Office
Story County Attorney’s Office
Geoff Greenwood
Greenwood
Subhash Sahai
Sahai
ISU Flight Service
Terry Branstad
Ben Hammes
Iowa
Hammes
Megan Landolt
Pella
Ames
Top five costly health care conditions in Iowa
The Gazette lists five costly health care conditions per a Wellmark report. Cancer led with high treatment costs including pancreatic cancer at about 187,544 dollars per case. bone and joint disorders follow with knee and hip replacements around 31,124 and 30,124 dollars. Heart conditions, digestive disorders, and back pain complete the top five with substantial costs and obesity linked to higher risk and care expenses.
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Wellmark Blue Cross
Blue Shield
Iowa
American Cancer Society
Blue Cross Blue Shield Association
Crohn
Obesity Drives Health Costs and Chronic Illness Link
A report ties obesity to health care spending and chronic conditions, noting lifestyle accounts for about 70 percent of health outcomes. Iowa's adult obesity rate rose to 32.1 percent, placing the state 12th worst in the nation, with rates climbing since 1990.
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Wampler
Iowa
Wellmark
Owa
America
The
Robert
Wood Johnson Foundation and
Trust For America’s Health
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Branstad
Illinois
Vanessa. Miller
Thegazette
Chelsea Keenan
the Gazette
Chelsea
Keenan
Thegazett
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Trust For America's Health and
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation