Linn County's impending casino pitch is at risk as lawmakers in the Iowa House and Senate advanced a 5-year pause on new ...

URBANDALE, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst has hailed Elon Musk and the Trump administration's Department of Government ...

A five-year legislative pause on new gaming licenses is one step closer to pumping the breaks on a proposed Cedar Rapids ...

Sioux Center saw an increase in single-family homes built with 29, up from 18 in 2023. There were also 45 multi-family units ...

Iowa Capital Dispatch won the prize for “Best News Story” for the second year in a row, as well as the top award for coverage of education in the 2025 Iowa Better Newspaper Contests presented Thursday ...

It took the Iowa House 11 minutes to pass legislation, 68-31, that would retroactively enact a five-year moratorium on ...

It took the Iowa House 11 minutes to pass legislation ... Backers say the state’s second-largest city should be allowed to benefit from gaming, the same as other communities, and that growth ...

Cedar Rapids Mayor Pro Tempore Ann Poe (on left) and Anne Parmley of Linn County Gaming Association testified Jan. 27, 2025, at Iowa House subcommittee ... “Our biggest concern is people leaving ...

We’ve been moving through the Midwest, analyzing ZIP codes in terms of their home values, and going state by state to identify the most expensive ones. Recently, we investigated the most expensive ZIP ...

In a move that surprised Cedar Rapids city officials and business leaders, Iowa lawmakers will not block a proposal for a ...