A Senate student-loan plan that would have extended a discounted interest rate for low-income students was filibustered to death Wednesday by a bipartisan group of lawmakers. On July 1, the interest rate...

The Partnership for Alcohol Safety will meet this afternoon to discuss how best to move forward with its mission to reduce problem drinking at the University of Iowa, including tentative plans to bring...

Before I got to college, I had a bunch of wild ideas about what life in this foreign environment would entail. I had heard various descriptions about the “fabulous” college life from older...

I rather miss the 2012 presidential campaign — at least as entertainment. The Republican primaries looked like a competition to see who could take the most outlandish positions from opposing contraception...

The Iowa Auditor’s Office, which serves the citizens of Iowa as the Taxpayer’s Watchdog” and helps ensure that public institutions are open and accountable to the citizens, released a...

Much to the dismay of Iowa’s seventh-grade girls and their eminently accommodating parents, notorious prima donna Justin Bieber was very late for his concert at the Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines...

So, is Kirk Ferentz one of the worst five coaches in college football? Stewart Mandel of si.com thinks so. Yes, yes, I know — there are many things in life far more important than college football,...

According to a recent city report, nearly every Iowa City resident lives within a half-mile of open space in the form of a park, schoolyard, or natural area. The city’s 2013 Sustainability Assessment...

The Supreme Court ended its most recent session with a flurry of big decisions a few weeks ago. Prop 8 was sent back to California, and the Defense of Marriage Act was struck down. Many were dancing in...

Out of all of my friends and family, I married the youngest. I’m also officially married in the most limited geographical territory — 13 states (and, says the hopeful part of me, counting). I was...

HANGZHOU — I’m not Beijing Capital International Airport’s No. 1 fan. My first time was less than enjoyable, and without much time to prepare myself I was sitting in that familiar taxicab on my...

Creative World Child Development Center, a 4-year-old childcare center and preschool, 2717 Northgate Drive, will voluntarily close on July 12, according to a report from the Iowa Department of Health Services....