One local veteran says he hopes to increase more awareness of veteran issues and be the voice of locals if elected in the county-supervisor race.
Mike Hull, 51, a lifelong Iowa City resident, recently...
The minimum wage in Johnson County will be $9.15 per hour in less than a month.
Last fall, the Johnson County Board of Supervisors passed an ordinance raising the county’s minimum wage gradually in...
Heiden ready to serve
I support Pat Heiden for Johnson County supervisor.
I have known and worked with Pat for more than 20 years. Pat has the personality, the dedication to community service, and...
Another Democrat has announced he’s running for Johnson County Supervisor.
Jason Lewis, the director of the Writing and Humanities Program at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine,...
The University of Iowa will raise its minimum wage to $9.50 an hour on June 1 alongside a county-wide ordinance in an attempt to keep students working on campus.
Currently, Johnson County’s minimum...
County mulls ‘restoration facility’
by Tom Ackerman
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Johnson County could see an increase in jail space without building a new one.
Local police, city officials,...
After two months on the Johnson County Board of Supervisors, Supervisor Lisa Green-Douglass recently announced she would seek re-election in the June primary.
Green-Douglass, who won a special election...
For Patricia Heiden, running for political office wasn’t a matter of “if” but of “when.”
Heiden, the executive director of Oaknoll Retirement Community, announced last week she would run for...
There were 266 more firearm permits issued in 2015 than in 2014 in Johnson County, but whether this means more guns were sold, no one knows.
According to the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office,...
Those using Section 8 housing vouchers should have an easier time finding a place to live in Iowa City soon.
Iowa City landlords will most likely lose the ability to reject potential tenants solely...
Students on campus are spreading awareness and diminishing the stigma of carrying an alternative form of government identification.
The Campaign to Organize Graduate Students staked out the Old Capitol...
In a little over a year, Johnson County will finally have a building big enough for its Ambulance Service.
The Johnson County Board of Supervisors has approved plan specifications for a new facility...
