The city of Iowa City has made strides to make the city more environmentally friendly in the six months since the adoption of its Climate Action Plan, an initiative to aggressively combat climate change...
Iowa City City Council expressed concerns around a bill making its way through the Iowa legislature during a work session on Tuesday with a majority of councilors voting against the bill.
The Iowa Senate...
It’s official — Iowa City’s deer population is soaring. Numbers are around 10,000 in urban areas, according to a count by White Buffalo Inc. Creating a program to fix the problem is a more complicated...
A new ordinance allowing the investigation of massage businesses in the area has recently been enforced by the Iowa City police to crack down on human trafficking.
Area police began enforcing an added...
In a formal meeting on Tuesday, the Iowa City City Council officially adopted the budget for the fiscal year of 2020.
The budget was adopted 6-0 with Councilor Mazahir Salih absent.
The proposed budget...
The Iowa City City Council on Feb. 19 discussed a plan for converting a portion of Mormon Trek Boulevard from a four-lane to a three-lane street.
In the proposal, two traffic lanes would run in opposite...
The Iowa City City Council passed a resolution of support for the University of Iowa Labor Center at its formal meeting on Tuesday.
The state Board of Regents voted to close the Labor Center, as well...
Kate Pixley & Caleb McCullough, News Reporter
• January 22, 2019
Nearly two dozen people clutching electronic candles stood in a semi-circle in the lobby of the Iowa City City Hall on Tuesday evening as the community protested the city's Pedestrian Mall benches that...
In a City Council work session on Jan. 5, officials reviewed Iowa City’s proposed budget for fiscal 2020.
The budget proposal predicts revenue of $191,136,329 and expenses totaling $186,604,722.
One...
After a monthslong battle in City Hall, a controversial building project may move forward soon.
In the Iowa City City Council work session on Dec. 4, four of the seven city councilors informally signaled...
The Iowa City City Council will see an increase in their wages beginning in January 2020.
In a 5-2 vote on Tuesday, the council decided to raise the annual salary of City Council members to $11,960,...
Iowa City Transit will offer free transportation to any riders for Election Day on Nov. 6 to remove barriers between people and the polls.
The decision follows many other U.S. public-transportation systems,...
