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May 14, 2009 | WQAD
Interstate 80 bridge closure slows down business
Traffic headaches are pooping up all over the Quad Cities because of the I-80 bridge closing.
Sales tax will aid flood recovery
Facing hundreds of millions of dollars in flood-recovery costs, the Cedar Rapids City Council has unanimously agreed to put a 1 percent local-option sales tax to a citizen vote on March 3. The council's vote ...
CR approves buyout plan for flooded properties
The Cedar Rapids City Council is moving ahead with plans to buy flood-damaged property in a proposed "greenway" that will be created as part of a new levee and flood wall system.
Census figures show Q-C income decline
Even though the economy grew for most of the decade, real income was sharply lower over a broad swath of the Quad-Cities, according to new government data.
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