Iowa City voters are increasingly turning out for local elections, according to preliminary data from Tuesday’s general election for city council and school board.
According to John Deeth, an...
Kim Painter described the topic of gay marriage as “politically volcanic” before it was legalized. Painter, the Johnson County recorder, advocated for the LGBTQ+ community and gay marriage through...
The Iowa City City Council voted Monday to remove Eric Harris as an Ad-Hoc Truth and Reconciliation commissioner.
The City of Iowa City’s Ad Hoc Truth and Reconciliation Commission, or TRC,...
The City of Iowa City officially adopted a series of amendments to its housing and zoning regulations in an attempt to increase housing supply and affordability.
The amendments focus on those goals...
Eviction filings continue to soar in Johnson County, exceeding last year’s record-high number, and prompting county officials to allocate additional funds to continue eviction diversion services.
In...
City of Iowa City officials are in the process of applying for a $5.6 million federal grant, which would be used to address various barriers to affordable housing in the community.
The city has...
Seven candidates are vying for four open seats on the Iowa City Community School District’s school board election on Nov. 7.
The seven candidates, three of them incumbents and four of them newcomers,...
A recently released city report shows that Iowa City has significantly fewer pedestrian and vehicle collisions than state and national averages.
The report, which was released in the Sept. 28 Iowa...
University of Iowa students and five candidates for city council gathered in the Iowa Memorial Union Monday night and spoke about topics from housing affordability to student voter turnout.
The...
Following the release of the 2023 Iowa Climate Statement and record-breaking temperatures that largely impacted Iowa’s air quality, climate experts stress that working toward using more sustainable...
For about two and a half years, the Iowa City Community School District was able to provide free lunches for all students thanks to federal COVID-relief funding.
But with that money no longer available...
During the public comment period at this week’s Iowa City City Council meeting, several Iowa City residents called in to make comments about the Israel-Hamas war, which gave way to racially charged...
