The Board of Trustees at Iowa City Public Library is now considering changing the library’s policy to prohibit sleeping after receiving numerous complaints from patrons. Although I did have great...

Great news: Gov. Terry Branstad recommended that public universities in Iowa get more funding to extend the ongoing tuition freeze. And the state Board of Regents called it “a tremendous win for...

Since December, our national attention rightly has been focused on the shooting deaths of 20 elementary school students and six adults in Newtown, Conn. But deaths from gun violence are not limited to...

With nearly $1 billion left over from last year, the Iowa Legislature is facing what has become a rather unusual problem as of late: how best to deal with a budget surplus. In his annual Condition of...

On Tuesday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid reintroduced the Farm Bill, which successfully passed the Senate last year in hopes that renewed effort will launch the bill through the House of Representatives...

Apparently, the new normal now is having a fake girlfriend. One whom (to employ a nearly archaic word carelessly snatched by my overtaxed brain — damn government — from the medieval depths of the...

Two months after Colorado and Washington became the first American states to legalize recreational use of marijuana, a proposal to reform Iowa’s marijuana laws has come to the state House of Representatives. Rep....

As students once again move into heavily populated dorms and apartment buildings in Iowa City, the influenza virus spreading throughout the nation should serve as a reminder to get vaccinated. According...

In Johnson County, the SEATS program provides door-to-door rides to senior citizens, people with disabilities, and other persons in dire need of transportation. The program, which has continued to grow...

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 54 percent of Iowans will be obese by 2030. Don’t allow yourself to become just another statistic. Finding and maintaining your healthy weight...

In 2009, the Supreme Court of Iowa was asked a question: how can a state premised on the Constitutional principle of equal protection justify exclusion of a class of Iowans from civil marriage? The decision...

At a press conference Wednesday afternoon, University of Iowa President Sally Mason played down the significance of the state Board of Regents’ August decision to deny her a new contract, citing...