Iowa City City Councilor Susan Mims, 64, will not be running for reelection this November, after three terms and 12 years with the city council.
“I haven't made any secret of it,” Mims said...
The Department of Transportation Services is likely to launch a self-funded pilot program that would offer late night and Sunday transit services.
Director of Transportation Services Darian Nagle-Gamm...
The Iowa City Police Department budget will increase by 2.5 percent for fiscal year 2022 if approved by the Iowa City City Council as part of the fiscal 2022 budget.
There are two new budgeted...
Iowa City will conduct a variety of projects over the next five years, part of its five-year capital improvement plan which was introduced alongside the 2022 budget.
The plan includes $184.3 million...
A new Iowa City ordinance prohibiting racial profiling and bias-based policing will be adopted in the city code, supplementing existing Iowa City Police Department policies restricting discriminatory...
There is a new proposal in response to Iowa City’s ongoing effort to police more equitably, and it could result in increased public access to misconduct complaints filed against the Iowa City Police...
Starting next year, the City of Iowa City will make Juneteenth — a holiday celebrated on June 19 to commemorate the emancipation of enslaved people in the U.S. — an official city-wide holiday,...
The Iowa City Planning and Zoning Commission recommended that the city’s Good Neighbor Program make certain meetings between land developers and neighboring residents mandatory. The proposal includes...
The Iowa City City Council signaled their opposition to a recommendation from the Human Rights Commission to allow the Iowa Freedom Riders a seat at the table for discussions related to the city's...
Two newly appointed members of Iowa City’s first Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Tony Currin and Raneem Hamad, share similar hopes and goals for the future of the commission, and offer different...
Iowa City is taking the steps to codify its commitment to unbiased policing and prohibiting racial profiling.
The Iowa City City Council voted unanimously in favor of a new city ordinance that would...
The Iowa City Police Department will undergo a voluntary review by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies this week, on its response to the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests, as...
