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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

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Sarah Witry organizes food in the Crisis Center Food Bank on Tuesday. Witry says every person who is affected by the Crisis Center makes her job worthwhile.

Food Bank ramps up ‘love’ donations

February is not only the month of acknowledging love for that special someone, it is also the month of loving those in need. The Crisis Center of Johnson County officially launched “Spread the Love”...

Editorial: Area needs to fight child poverty

Editorial: Area needs to fight child poverty

February 2, 2016

Poverty doesn’t just affect today’s workers but tomorrow’s as well. Johnson County has a rapidly increasing rate of childhood poverty. A report by the Child and Family Policy Center found a 25.5...

Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders waves to the crowd during the photo spray before the start of the Democratic debate on Saturday, Nov. 14. The debate took place in Carnegie Hall on Drake Universitys campus. (The Daily Iowan/Brooklynn Kascel)

Locals strongly back Sanders, Rubio

If it were up to Johnson County, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders would have been the victors in Monday’s caucuses. According to preliminary numbers, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz was...

A makeshift home is photographed under an Iowa River bridge on Wednesday, Jan. 27 2016.  Poverty rates in Johnson County are on the rise.  (The Daily Iowan/Eden Hall)

Poverty on the rise locally

Gage Miskimen, [email protected] January 28, 2016

One in 10 children live in poverty in Johnson County. Johnson County has seen a 25.5 percent increase in the number of children living below the poverty line since the year 2000, according to Iowa Kids...

Wage rise passes 1st test

Wage rise passes 1st test

Hannah Adamson, [email protected] August 28, 2015

The Johnson County Board of Supervisors on Thursday unanimously approved the first consideration of an ordinance that would increase the minimum wage in Johnson County. If approved, the ordinance would...

Supervisors may move on minimum wage

Supervisors may move on minimum wage

August 25, 2015

Johnson County supervisors weigh in on proposed minimum-wage increase. By Gage Miskimen [email protected] Details about an upcoming minimum-wage proposal are still up in the air, particularly...

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