At Wednesday’s meeting of the state Board of Regents, the regents approved a plan to create a new nine-person commission to monitor transparency at the state schools. The plan was conceived by Regent...

Many UI students don’t know what they are missing when they don’t participate in the University of Iowa Honors Program. Students will receive administration emails detailing the revamped Honors...

Last week, there was an ice storm Sunday night, a thunderstorm Monday night, and a snowstorm on Tuesday night. And the temperatures on the days that followed fluctuated just as much with a high of 46 degrees...

Sen. Joe Bolkcom, D-Iowa City, sponsored a bill last week that would allow undocumented immigrants the opportunity to receive in-state tuition for Iowa’s public universities and community colleges....

When you go to the emergency room after falling down a flight of stairs, you’d expect doctors to focus on your broken leg instead of the bruise on your arm. Gov. Terry Branstad’s initiative...

Dashiell Codd loves playing with his brothers, laughing at silly jokes, and dancing to the Muppets. His favorite Muppets song is “Mahna Mahna,” and he’s been able to watch dozens of people...

In Iran, the government blocks access to much of the Internet, including Facebook. How can teenagers be teenagers under such draconian measures? you ask. I don’t know — except that it seems that...

Johnson County officials have resurrected a proposal to build a new Johnson County justice center — the project would include a new county jail and major renovations to the Courthouse — after the plan’s...

For a while now, “I heart boobies” bracelets and pink ribbons have been storming the nation — I sport them myself to show support for breast-cancer research. But now, boobies themselves are...

No one likes uncomfortable truths, whether they’re that the hot dog you’re eating is a slurry of leftover hog meat or that you and everyone you know will eventually die. Another extremely uncomfortable...

The “debt ceiling” is one of the less complicated parts of the country’s fiscal situation, but given its importance, it’s worth a bit of explanation. Like any individual or business,...

The recent shooting tragedies that have struck nation have caused government officials and even our president to question the effectiveness of laws protecting U.S. citizens. Thus, new gun-control laws...