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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

DITV: Congresswoman and presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard spoke in Iowa City Monday night

Declan Levy, TV News Reporter February 12, 2019

Gabbard centered her speech around peace and love, something that many Iowa City residents can resonate with.

Photo illustration by Tate Hildyard/ The Daily Iowan.

Measure aims to exempt private businesses from textbook sales tax

Charles Peckman, News Reporter February 12, 2019

Private booksellers and lawmakers are pushing legislation that would eliminate sales tax from all required instructional materials at Iowa’s postsecondary institutions. At the University of Iowa, administrators...

Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, D-Hawaii, speaks during a campaign event at the Big Grove Taproom in Iowa City on Monday Feb. 11, 2019. Rep. Gabbard visited Des Moines, Fairfield, and Iowa City on a tour of Iowa cities as she begins her 2020 presidential bid.

2020 presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard visits Iowa City

Caleb McCullough, News Reporter February 11, 2019

2020 Democratic presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard outlined a message of unity and progressive politics when she spoke to a packed Big Grove Taproom on Monday. Gabbard, a representative from Hawaii’s...

Troy Price speaks at the Democratic Gala on Saturday, October 6, 2018. He is the Chair of the Iowa Democratic Party.

Iowa Democratic Party proposes virtual caucuses in 2020

Emily Wangen, Politics Reporter February 11, 2019

Democratic caucus-goers could face a different caucus experience come 2020 in the first-in-the-nation Iowa caucuses as the Iowa Democratic Party announced on Monday a proposal for a virtual-caucus system. “Included...

DITV: Elizabeth Warren stops in Iowa City, beginning her campaign for presidency

Susanna Klooster, TV News Reporter February 11, 2019

Students and residents of Iowa City gathered in the Iowa Memorial Union on Sunday night for Senator Warren's rally, who announced on Feb. 9th she will be running for president in the 2020 election. Hailing...

Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) addresses a rally at Old Brick in Iowa City on Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018

Kamala Harris embraces Oakland, but the feeling isn’t necessarily mutual

February 11, 2019

By Mark Z. Barabak Los Angeles Times (TNS) OAKLAND, Calif. — When Kamala Harris considered places to launch her White House bid, she had options: Washington, where she serves in the U.S. Senate; Sacramento,...

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) speaks during a campaign rally in the IMU on Sunday, February 10, 2019.

2020 Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren visits eastern Iowa

Julia Shanahan, Politics Reporter February 10, 2019

2020 Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren condemned President Trump’s economic policies as catering to wealthy Americans and putting the working class at a disadvantage in her Eastern Iowa...

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

Free-speech bill moving through Iowa Senate following court ruling against UI

Caleb McCullough, News Reporter February 10, 2019

First Amendment rights are up for debate in the Iowa Statehouse amid a controversial court case around religious liberty. Senate Study Bill 1099, a bill addressing First Amendment rights and regulations...