Gas prices have been creeping toward $4 a gallon, the highest they have been in Iowa, and they are at the highest-ever September level nationally, according to AAA. Gas prices have risen in recent years,...

The White House late on Thursday announced the attacks on the American Embassy in Benghazi — which took four American and 10 Libyan lives — was an act of terror. Riots and protests occurred throughout...

The recent release of a secretly recorded video of Mitt Romney speaking to a group of donors last May has caused an intense reaction in the press. In the video, Romney noted the oft-quoted statistic that...

This fall, our very own Johnson County Board of Supervisors sold its former public-health building to the Crisis Center of Johnson County for only $1. Money doesn’t always matter, it seems. “We...

Game days are here. This means more fans, more food, more beer (for some of us), and, last but not least, more trash. George McCrory, a communications specialist for the University of Iowa Office of...

On Monday, as the United States found itself firmly removed from the glory days on Monday, both Joe Biden and Paul Ryan found themselves in Iowa. Though the odds of an off-the-cuff remark were through...

In response to your Sept. 19 article in [The Daily Iowan] press, “Grad students favor fee raise” and online, “UI grad students lobby to add student fee for advising services,” we...

In response to your Sept. 19 article in [The Daily Iowan] press, “Grad students favor fee raise” and online, “UI grad students lobby to add student fee for advising services,” we...

This November, paper men’s basketball tickets for University of Iowa students will become a thing of the past as the university begins a move toward a new system of electronic ticketing. Under...

The proposed passenger rail line from Chicago to Omaha via Iowa City has received the endorsement of the University of Iowa Student Government, but the project is hardly a done deal. As the 19-11 vote...

Sunday was National Grandparents’ Day, and in Iowa City, a group called 100 Grannies marked the holiday by urging the community to ban plastic bags. These Grannies are concerned for their children’s...

It's something we use every day yet rarely take the time to celebrate. It's as solid as the ground beneath our feet and still extremely flexible. It provides the foundation for what it means to be an...