More than 200 UI students grabbed maps and passports on Wednesday, though they never left campus. These students didn’t have their passports stamped by airport security — they were traveling through...

Johnson County residents will soon see a small increase in their property taxes to help fund a new emergency-communications center. County residents will be taxed 70 cents on every $1,000 of property...

Some Iowa City school officials are worried proposed budget cuts could put elementary and secondary media teachers at risk. “Naturally, when any budget cuts are announced, it scares us,” Horn Elementary...

Goodbye Et Cetera. Hello, Slippery Petes. An owner of 3rd Base, 111 E. College St, along with the bar’s general manager and a third party, recently purchased the bar Et Cetera, 118 S. Dubuque St., after...

A task force assembled to assess graduate programs is already drawing criticism, but those close to the process stress all findings are preliminary. The Graduate Task Force released the initial evaluations...

Gov. Chet Culver plans to return almost $31 million to regent institutions this fiscal year if his newly proposed budget plan is passed. In a budget report released Wednesday by Culver and Lt. Gov. Patty...

With a nation at war and in the midst of severe economic doldrums, President Obama asserted in his first State of the Union address Wednesday evening that he has never been more hopeful about America’s...