The University of Iowa will request approval from the state Board of Regents to move ahead with plans for seven capital improvement projects involving university buildings across campus.
In its...
Departments devoted to diversity, equity, and inclusion are now commonplace in American universities. Nationally, the average university employs 3.4 DEI personnel for every 100 tenure-track faculty. In...
The Iowa City Community School District is looking into ways to fund after-school programs at multiple schools in the district after federal funding going toward them was cut.
School board members...
When indie-rock supergroup Boygenius formed by Phoebe Bridgers, Lucy Dacus, and Julien Baker announced they were releasing a new album on March 31 titled “The Record,” I’ll admit I was a bit...
Johnson’s title as U.S. House clerk isn’t the only label that defines her.
She’s also a walker. Every morning from 6:15-8:15 a.m., she walks about six miles on the Capital Crescent Trail with...
Johnson said Nancy Pelosi called her in 2018 to tell her she wanted Johnson to become the House clerk. Johnson’s initial response to Pelosi’s suggestion was “What is the Clerk of the House?”...
Most people have to begin in a senator’s personal office and work their way up to a committee.
But at 28-years-old in 1988, Johnson surpassed that expectation. She wasn’t just sitting on a committee...
Johnson attending Howard University, a historically Black research university, for law school was actually a fluke. Criminal defense wasn’t an interest to her. In fact, she just wanted to attend...
One of Johnson’s earliest memories at the UI was a mortifying moment during her freshman orientation. At the time, her mother was initially horrified that her daughter would be living in Burge because...
Johnson’s upbringing was defined by church rituals. While New Orleans has a significant Catholic population, Johnson and her family were active members of the Baptist church, a community which was...
For five days in January, U.S. House Clerk Cheryl Johnson was the most powerful person in the U.S. House of Representatives.
The House of Representatives is usually run by the speaker of the House....
The fate of abortion rights in Iowa lies in the hands of the seven-member panel of Iowa’s most senior judges — the Iowa Supreme Court.
Attorneys representing Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds and abortion...
