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The Daily Iowan

The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

The Daily Iowan

The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

The Daily Iowan

The Iowa State Capitol is shown on Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2015.

Reynolds remains confident in ability to fund budget priorities

Sarah Watson, Politics Editor January 15, 2019

DES MOINES — Gov. Kim Reynolds remains confident that the state of Iowa’s economy is strong. After two years of dropping commodity prices and a turbulent trade war throwing inconsistency into Iowa’s...

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds shakes hands with UI President Bruce Harreld after a visit on the UI campus to learn about diversifying biomass fuel sources on at the Cambus Maintenance Facility on Wednesday, June, 7, 2017.

After consistent budget cuts, Reynolds proposes funding boost for Iowa regent universities

Emily Wangen, Politics Reporter January 15, 2019

DES MOINES — The University of Iowa may see $12 million of increased funding to the university general fund by fiscal 2021, according to Gov. Kim Reynolds’ fiscal 2020-2021 budget proposal released...

Julia Shanahan. Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds waves on the Iowa House floor after she finished her Condition of the State address Jan. 15.

Reynolds proposes restoring voting rights to convicted felons in Condition of the State

Julia DiGiacomo, Politics Reporter January 15, 2019

UPDATED with interview remarks from Gov. Kim Reynolds DES MOINES — Redemption and renewed opportunities for people convicted of crimes emerged as a prominent theme in Gov. Kim Reynolds’ first Condition...

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds delivers her Condition of the State address in the House chamber of the State Capitol Building in Des Moines on Jan. 15, 2019. In the address, her first as an elected governor, she largely outlined bipartisan initiatives which have received widespread support.

‘The future is now,’ Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds says in Condition of the State

Daily Iowan Staff, Politics Reporters January 15, 2019

DES MOINES — Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds delivered her second Condition of the State address on Jan. 15 — her first as an elected governor. Reynolds laid out mental health, education, correctional reform,...

Demonstrators lay on benches during a Sleep In demonstration in the Pedestrian Mall in Iowa City on Monday, January 14, 2019. The benches have been in the works since 2014, but were installed in November of 2018. (Wyatt Dlouhy/The Daily Iowan)

Protest sparked by Ped Mall benches

Kate Pixley, News Reporter January 15, 2019

The controversy over the new benches on the Pedestrian Mall continued on Monday afternoon as the Iowa City Catholic Worker House staged a protest to oppose to the benches, which were installed during the...

The Old Capitol is seen on Nov. 25, 2018.

UI research presents proof of accidental overdose by infants on household prescriptions

Katie Ann McCarver, News Reporter January 15, 2019

As medicine advances and treatments for chronic illness are consolidated into small tablets or pills, swallowing the latter is routine for most people. However, some may not be aware of the danger that...

The Stanley Museum of Art sign is seen outside of the IMU on Monday, January 14, 2019.

UI Museum of Art celebrates 50th anniversary

Rylee Wilson, News Reporter January 14, 2019

As the UI Museum of Art celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2019, employees and friends of the museum look back at its history and forward to the construction of a new facility to house the museum. The...

Maura Pilcher, Grant Wood Art Colony Director, poses for a portrait in the Visual Arts Building on Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2018.

UI introduces new public art residency

Rylee Wilson, News Reporter January 14, 2019

The Grant Wood Art Colony has created a new residency at the University of Iowa focused on public art in community spaces. The residency is open to graduate and undergraduate students and will take place...

UI grads invent first autonomous training device for football receivers

UI grads invent first autonomous training device for football receivers

Kinsey Phipps, News Reporter January 14, 2019

Nate Pierotti was a third-year engineering student at the University of Iowa when he told friends Connor Early and Sawyer Theisen about an idea to revolutionize the sport of football around the country....

Secretary of State Paul Pate addresses members of the media at the Kim Reynolds watch party at the Hilton in Des Moines on Tuesday Nov. 6, 2018.

Iowa gun-rights amendment hits setback because of ‘bureaucratic oversight error’

Sarah Watson, Politics Editor January 14, 2019

DES MOINES — Iowa GOP lawmakers learned Monday morning that a Republican-led initiative to add the right to bear arms to the Iowa Constitution will be set back until at least 2022 because of a “bureaucratic...

U.S. Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, during the annual American Conservative Union CPAC conference on March 3, 2016 at National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Maryland. (Gage Skidmore/Planet Pix/Zuma Press/TNS)

Steve King won’t be seated on any committees following GOP panel’s vote

January 14, 2019

By Lindsey McPherson CQ-Roll Call (TNS) WASHINGTON — The Republican Steering Committee unanimously decided Monday evening to not seat Iowa Rep. Steve King on any committees in the 116th Congress,...

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