Iowa Public Radio

Cedar Rapids public schools face major cuts and private colleges warn of closures

The Cedar Rapids School Board has approved deep budget cuts — and the consequences could ripple through classrooms, staff and students across the district. IPR’s James Kelley joins to break down what ...
The Gazette

Lawmakers address private college concerns in amended bill allowing community college bachelor’s degrees

Instead of opening the bachelor's degree space wide open to Iowa's 15 community colleges — which presidents and representatives from Iowa's 27 private colleges and universities have said could force ...
Opinion
Little Village MagazineOpinion

Four places to pass the time near the Coe College campus

A born-and-raised Cedar Rapidan, I spent the majority of my childhood in the Wellington Heights Neighborhood on the southeast side of town. Wellington Heights sits on 1st Avenue, opposite from the […] ...
Iowa Public Radio

Cedar Rapids school board approves nearly $13M in budget cuts

Cedar Rapids Superintendent Tawana Lannin acknowledges the failure of the school bond measure to pass at an election watch party in Cedar Rapids in November 2025. The Cedar Rapids school board voted ...