Although UI freshman and smoker Bryn Lee Lovitt is already struggling to pay for her cigarettes, she said today’s tobacco tax increase won’t stop her from lighting up.
“My smoking habit has already...
The UI and the state Board of Regents would both see state funding cuts of about 12 percent under a preliminary education budget passed out of the Iowa Legislature’s joint education appropriations subcommittee...
UI Hospitals and Clinics officials said they’re preparing to launch the largest phase of their transition from paper to digital records — the final switch will take place in a few weeks.
On May 2,...
The Iowa City City Council will conduct a telephone survey across the city to receive more community input on their budget-setting decisions.
The council previously voted to place city projects and services...
Police are looking to video cameras as one way to combat violence between men in downtown Iowa City, authorities said.
While the possibility of placing cameras downtown is an option, it is not yet being...
Armed with college-student budgets and engineering educations, two UI students are cooking up intoxicating flavors and stove-top savings in an apartment kitchen operation: brewing beer.
A year and a half...
The University Counseling Service is preparing to cut its budget if the economy doesn’t pick up in the next few years.
While the center has not yet been affected by the UI’s budget cuts, Director...
Snowstorms in late March may seem harsh for some Iowa City dwellers. But for Ryan Prochaska, this weather is mild compared with the conditions in Antarctica, where he lived and worked for six months.
Prochaska,...
The Iowa City School Board welcomed hundreds of community members to share input about its high-school enrollment Monday night.
More than 50 community members filled out forms to speak at the forum held...
UI Student Government campaigns are back — and the rules are less restrictive.
Several changes were made to this year’s elections code — a nearly eight-page long document — and many loosen the...
Unknown assailants attacked unknown men in two incidents on the Pedestrian Mall during the early hours of March 27, authorities said.
But having two assault incidents downtown in one weekend is not that...
