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The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

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Mayors Ron Corbett of Cedar Rapids, Quentin Hart of Waterloo, Paul Soglin of Madison, Wisconsin, and Jim Throgmorton of Iowa City speak during a panel at Film Scene in Iowa City on Friday, Dec. 1, 2017. The mayors addressed issues including housing, transportation, and job creation and how their cities have worked to meet the needs of their residents. (Nick Rohlman/The Daily Iowan)

Corbett sues to get on June 5 GOP primary ballot

March 29, 2018
Corbett files lawsuit to appear on Republican gubernatorial ballot.
People of all genders are welcome at the Women's Resource and Action Center, Dec 3, 2015. The Women's Resource & Action Center will be moving from 130 N Madison St to The Bowman Center on Dubuque and Burlington in January. (The Daily Iowan/ Jordan Gale)

Ninety-eight years after women got the right to vote, 98 Iowa women will vie for state office

Sarah Watson, [email protected] March 29, 2018
Ninety-eight years since women received the right to vote, Iowa expects to see 98 women on the ballot this year.
State legislator Joe Bolkcom holds a graphic during a state Board of Regents tuition task force meeting in Kollros Auditorium in Biology Building East in Iowa City on Monday, Aug. 14, 2017. (Joseph Cress/The Daily Iowan)

Democrats concerned about funding for mental-health improvements

Julia Shanahan, [email protected] March 27, 2018
A mental-health improvements bill was introduced this year and Democrats are unsure how Republicans plan to fund it.
Cedar Rapids Mayor Ron Corbett poses for a portrait on Tuesday, July 11, 2017. Corbett calls himself an underdog in the 2018 Iowa Republican primary for governor. (Joseph Cress/The Daily Iowan)

Corbett off June 5 ballot

March 27, 2018

Cedar Rapids Mayor Ron Corbett, a Republican candidate in the 2018 gubernatorial race, will not be on the June 5 ballot. After falling eight names short of the 4,005 signatures required to be placed...

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds speaks during her first Condition of the State address in the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2018. Reynolds took over the governor office in May of 2017. (Joseph Cress/The Daily Iowan)

Muslim students feel lack of recognition

Julia Shanahan, [email protected] March 22, 2018

Omar Lopez, a University of Iowa sophomore and a member of the UI Muslim Student Association, started a petition for the UI Student Government to create a Muslim constituency seat, and he has collected...

Sand eyes changes in state Auditor’s Office

Sand eyes changes in state Auditor’s Office

Emily Wangen, [email protected] March 21, 2018
An assistant attorney general wants to switch to being the state auditor.
Congressional delegation speaks on state school safety

Congressional delegation speaks on state school safety

March 20, 2018
Members of Iowa’s congressional delegation agree that school safety is best handled on an individual basis by school districts.
Southeast Junior High School 8th grader Casper Ferreria and Iowa City High School junior Illeana Knaap protest on the Ped Mall on Monday, Feb. 19, 2018. The protest was sparked after news of another school shooting, at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, in Parkland, FL on, Feb. 14. (Lily Smith/The Daily Iowan)

Second Amendment debate continues

Isabella Senno, [email protected] March 20, 2018
Citizens across the country continue to debate the meaning of the Second Amendment and how it should be applied today.
Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, sits in his Washington office on March 12. Grassley said he opposes President Trump’s tariffs on steel and aluminum because they could hurt Iowa farmers who rely on international trade to make a profit. (Gage Miskimen/The Daily Iowan)

Delegates vow to protect Iowans if steel, aluminum tariffs lead to trade war

Katelyn Weisbrod, [email protected] March 20, 2018

WASHINGTON — Members of Iowa’s congressional delegation vow to protect Iowans, particularly agricultural producers, as impending tariffs could lead to retaliation from foreign countries. President...

Iowa’s congressional leaders respond to ‘accepting’ NRA money

Iowa’s congressional leaders respond to ‘accepting’ NRA money

Madeleine Neal, [email protected] March 19, 2018
Sen. Joni Ernst and Rep. David Young say statements they’ve both received thousands, even millions, of dollars from the NRA are false.
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, stands at a hearing March 14 addressing oversight in the Parkland, Florida, school shootings, in which 17 people died.

Judiciary hearing points to failures leading to Parkland shooting

Gage Miskimen, [email protected] March 14, 2018

WASHINGTON — As students across the nation rallied against gun violence with school walkouts, Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, presided over the “See Something, Say Something” Senate Judiciary Committee...

Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, sat down with Daily Iowan reporters on Tuesday, March 13, 2018. Grassley discussed his disagreement with President Trump's decision to remove Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. (Gage Miskimen/The Daily Iowan)

Grassley comments on Tillerson firing

March 13, 2018

WASHINGTON — Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, said that if it were up to him, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson would not have been fired. “I look at it this way: The president is the president...