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The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

The Daily Iowan

Undated photo from North Korean News Agency shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-un visiting a Korean People & Army unit, in an undisclosed location, North Korea. Photo released August 2017. (Balkis Press/Abaca Press/TNS)

South Korean students nonchalant about nuclear north

December 14, 2017

By Sarah Watson [email protected] When Sungbin Hong was younger, she went to the 2.5-mile-wide demilitarized zone at the border between North Korea and South Korea and saw North Koreans farming...

Guns are displayed at Scheels in Coralville on Tuesday, April 11. The Iowa House recently accepted the stand-your-ground-provision, an amendment to HF 517, which permits an individual to use deadly force when their life is in danger. (The Daily Iowan/Ben Smith)

Concealed-carry may cover all states

Julia Shanahan, [email protected] December 14, 2017

The Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act allows someone with a license for concealed-carry in one state may do so in others as well. The bill passed the House of Representatives on a bipartisan vote Dec....

FILE - Nate Boulton (D-Des Moines) speaks at the Hawkeyes for Boulton launch at Cortado on Clinton Street on Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2017. Hawkeyes for Boulton will give students the opportunity to get involved in Boulton's gubernatorial campaign on campus. (Lily Smith/The Daily Iowan)

Gubernatorial candidates reveal plans to ease Iowa’s mental-health crisis

Isabella Senno, [email protected] December 13, 2017
Iowa’s current mental-health-care system has been labeled as a patchwork disaster, with the state ranking incredibly low on several independent assessment scales. Ten of the 2018 gubernatorial candidates weigh in on the situation and how they would fix it.
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Varadaraj Pai testifies on Wednesday, July 19, 2017 before the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. (Ron Sachs/CNP/Zuma Press/TNS)

Net-neutrality ruling nears

December 12, 2017

The five members of the Federal Communications Commission, including FCC Chairman Ajit Pai, will vote Thursday to retain or repeal rules ensuring net neutrality. In 2015, at then-President Obama’s request,...

Guns are displayed at Scheels in Coralville on Tuesday, April 11. The Iowa House recently accepted the stand-your-ground-provision, an amendment to HF 517, which permits an individual to use deadly force when their life is in danger. (The Daily Iowan/Ben Smith)

U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee says NICS reports need improvement

December 7, 2017

By Julia Shanahan [email protected] Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, a chairman of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, released a statement on Wednesday that said federal agencies and states...

Thousands of youths partake in 2016 in the annual Dance of Flags, rejoicing the anniversary of the reunification of Jerusalem in the 1967 Six Day War, marching through the Muslim Quarter to the Western Wall. (Nir Alon/Zuma Press/TNS)

Trump’s Jerusalem decision causes shockwaves across world, campus

December 7, 2017

President Trump announced Wednesday that the U.S. will recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, which caused mixed reactions across the world and on campus. By Daily Iowan Staff [email protected] President...

Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, responds to questions from the crowd at a Town Hall meeting in the Iowa Memorial Union on Friday, Sept. 22, 2017.

Senators hone in on Iowa City VA wrongful practices 

December 5, 2017
Senators Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Veteran's Affairs after a report surfaced on the hiring of an Iowa City VA neurosurgeon with a history of known claims of malpractice and poor patient care.
Fred Hubbell (contributed)

Iowa gubernatorial candidate Fred Hubbell tries to bridge partisan gap

Madeleine Neal, [email protected] December 5, 2017
The Daily Iowan spoke with Democratic gubernatorial candidate Fred Hubbell about his experiences in both the private and public sectors, and hopes to extend his platform across party lines to bridge the partisan gap.
Members of the UI community hold signs in protest on the Pentacrest on Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2017.

Graduate students hopeful about federal tax overhaul

December 4, 2017

The tax bill isn’t set in stone yet, but graduate students can still take a breath. By Molly Hunter [email protected] While the tax-overhaul process isn’t over yet, graduate students fighting...

Nate Boulton (D-Des Moines) stands for a portrait on Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2017. (Lily Smith/The Daily Iowan)

Iowa gubernatiorial candidate Nate Boulton talks education quality with UI students

December 4, 2017

By Julia Shanahan [email protected] Gubernatorial-nomination candidate Sen. Nate Boulton, D-Des Moines, spoke with University of Iowa students about his original plans prior to his political...

FILE - A miscanthus planter is prepared to plant minscanthus on a 13-acre farm on Highway 1 as part of the University of Iowa's Biomass Field Planting Day.  The University hopes to use biomass such as miscanthus to lessen the amount of coal used in it's power plant. (The Daily Iowan/ Tyler Finchum)

Iowa congressional delegation unhappy with EPA’s final rule on RFS

Molly Hunter, [email protected] December 1, 2017

The Iowa congressional delegation isn’t entirely happy with the EPA’s 2018 final fuel volumes under the Renewable Fuel Standard program, but they say it’ll have to do. On Nov. 30, the U.S....

Cedar Falls City Councilor Nick Taiber speaks in Schaeffer Hall on Thursday, Nov. 30, 2017. The speech had to do with the directions of our government and was in collaboration with Young Americans for Liberty. (Ashley Morris/The Daily Iowan)

Cedar Falls City Councilor Nick Taiber discusses applying liberty on local level

Julia Shanahan, [email protected] December 1, 2017

Nick Taiber, a Cedar Falls city councilor and a high-ranking Libertarian in Iowa, spoke to University of Iowa students on the evening of Nov. 30 in Schaeffer Hall about legislating liberty. Taiber’s...