Tag: Linn County
Closing DAEC won’t help climate change
CBJ Editorial
It has been interesting to note the increasing number of elected officials and governing bodies becoming woke to climate change.
Last year saw major...
Act locally on environmental challenges
CBJ Editorial
There are significant environmental challenges facing our state, nation and world. They include a changing climate, unclean water and a recent report on...
Stacey Walker
Supervisor
Linn County
AGE: 30
Best advice you ever received?
I’ve been told a variation of this by several people: “Know yourself, and be yourself in this world...
Solarize Johnson County sparks residential interest
Workers install solar panels on a home roof in an undated photo. CREDIT PEC
By Katharine Carlon
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When Mirna Garza and Nancy Williams became neighbors about...
Working for a Living: The minimum wage fight continues
Protesters hold a mini-protest at the Iowa Statehouse calling for a $15 minimum wage during Gov. Kim Reynolds’ Condition of the State address on...
New CBJ series: Working for a living
Culver’s crew member Myson Rodgers rings up a sale at the chain’s Edgewood Road location in Cedar Rapids. In an effort to retain workers...
Linn County minimum wage: Is it settled?
By Dave DeWitte
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Linn County will become the second county in Iowa to boost the minimum wage on Jan. 1.
The county’s Board of Supervisors cast...
Minimum wage hike recommended for Linn County
Cedar Rapids Mayor Ron Corbett shown during the 2015 State of the City speech. The mayor was among Linn County's Minimum Wage Study Group...
Tipping the pay scales
Counties take up minimum wage discussion as second increase goes into effect in Johnson County
By Chase Castle
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As the second phase of a minimum wage...
Dawn Jindrich
Budget Director, Linn County
Government/Education
Nominated by Linn County Board of Supervisors
As the manager of Linn County’s $100 million annual budget, Dawn Jindrich’s work touches virtually...