Local Republicans are keeping an eye on today's GOPnominating contest in Illinois, but few are getting deeply involved, despite a large number of Land of Lincoln transplants at the University of Iowa.
"There's...
Local educators say legislative efforts to improve K-12 literacy rates requires policymakers to look at more than they currently are.
The Iowa House Education Committee voted last week to take $20 million...
A local man was sentenced to 145 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine according to a Department of Justice press release.
Antonio Nathaniel Martin, 32, of Iowa City was sentenced...
Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds met with China's Vice President Xi Jinping Monday.
The 45-minute meeting came during Reynold's trip to Beijing on a trade mission with the Iowa Soybean Association.
Xi made a trip...
A University of Iowa student has been charged with second-degree theft.
According to an Iowa City police report, Aiste Dobrovolskaite, 21, W214 Hillcrest, was charged Sunday with second-degree theft....
Construction on Washington Street will soon come to an end, and two-way traffic will return between Linn and Clinton Streets at 10 a.m. today.
Kristopher Ackerson, a transport planner at the Metropolitan...
Sex disparities in math and science fields are more complex than they first appear, higher education officials say.
The rate at which females enter science, technology, engineering, and math — known...
University of Iowa freshman Ahsim Ahmed died in a head-on collision with another vehicle on March 17 while visiting family and friends in his hometown of Eagan, Minn.
Eagan police declined to comment...
A bill banning the use of red-light traffic cameras in Iowa has moved to the Iowa House Appropriations Committee.
According to the Cedar Rapids Gazette, the bill almost died by not receiving enough votes...
Local residents have developed petitions against an Iowa City City Council ordinance that would, among other things, change the definition of a household in Iowa City.
Approval of the amendments would...
The Iowa City city councilors will vote Tuesday on the first consideration of an ordinance increasing storm-water utility fees.
The increase, as proposed in the city's fiscal 2013 budget, would be the...
The Iowa City City Council will vote on the third and final consideration of a tax-increment-financing ordinance.
The ordinance would allow for taxes from the Urban Renewal Project Area property to be...
