Iowa Senate Democrats will explain their plan to cut commercial property taxes at a pubic meeting at 9 a.m., Dec. 15 at the Cedar Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce Board Room, 424 1st Ave. NE, Cedar Rapids. Senate Ways and Means Committee Chairman Joe Bolkcom, D-Iowa City, and Sen. Herman Quirmbach, D-Ames,will describe the Democratic [...]
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The Linn Area BizPAC, a political action committee affiliated with the Cedar Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce, has endorsed Republican Cindy Golding in the Nov. 8 special election in Iowa Senate 18. The endorsement was based on Golding’s support of business and growing Iowa’s economy. In both a questionnaire and interview, Golding called for regulatory [...]
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CEDAR RAPIDS — Retired AEGON USA President and Chief Executive Officer Patrick Baird has been appointed by Mayor Ron Corbett to a three-year term on the Cedar Rapids Airport Commission. Baird will fill the seat vacated by Commission Chairman Dan Theis, whose term expires Thursday. Theis chaired Monday’s commission meeting and received a plaque recognizing [...]
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