Cedar Rapids

Inclusive ICR, a coalition in the Iowa City-Cedar Rapids corridor, is offering a new, free tool for area businesses to get assessments on diversity and inclusion efforts.

Last week’s runoff election in Cedar Rapids is sparking interest in rethinking how the city chooses its mayors. The runoff was triggered when no candidate won 50 percent of the vote plus one during the regular election, forcing the top two to face off again. Now the top two candidates say they're open to the city reassessing the runoff process.

IPR Morning Edition host Clay Masters talks with IPR eastern Iowa reporter Kate Payne about the runoff mayor's race in Cedar Rapids. The runoff Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 30.

IPR's Clay Masters talks with Cedar Rapids Gazette reporter Marissa Payne about the race for mayor in Iowa's second most populous city.

A local community organization is ramping up a fundraising campaign to open a non-profit grocery store in a Cedar Rapids neighborhood that was hard-hit by the flood in 2008. The development is part of the group's larger efforts to bring more life, activity and investment in the neighborhood.

A month’s dispute between six construction workers and their employer over derecho cleanup pay has come to an end after the company agreed to pay the employees in full.

Cedar Rapids is wrapping up a years-long effort to convert one-way streets back into two-ways. The change is meant to help revitalize the downtown and…

Cedar Rapids officials have adopted a plan to fund permanent flood protection in the city. Ten years after historic floods battered the city, its leaders…

Wednesday marked 10 years since the Cedar River overflowed its banks and crested in the city of Cedar Rapids at a record 31.12 feet. The historic floods…