After state and local public officials in April reported safety and potential child labor violations at the mixed-use “Banjo Block” project downtown, the city this summer implemented new language in its standardized development agreement.
It’s “encouraging” Iowa lawmakers cut Iowans’ property taxes, Mayor Tiffany O’Donnell said on Iowa Press Friday, but the resulting revenue reduction to the city could mean the city scales back spending.
Trains will not need to sound their horns as often while crossing four intersections in Hiawatha now that the city has unveiled the first “quiet zones” in the area, with several more being planned farther south in Cedar Rapids.