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Election roundup: History is made in DSM and CR, an incumbent defeats an incumbent in IC, school board voters send a message, bond votes go both ways

There were some history-making victories in the city and school board elections on Tuesday, as voters in Des Moines elected the city’s first woman mayor and, in Cedar Rapids, a member of the LGBTQ community won a seat on the […]

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Students across Iowa walk out of class to protest anti-LGBTQ bills: ‘We want to keep our friends alive’

Students at schools across Iowa walked out of class on Wednesday to protest against more than two dozen anti-LGBTQ bills Republican members of the Iowa Legislature have introduced this year. The bills include sweeping so-called “education reform” bills. One would […]

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Election 2021: Incumbents win in Iowa City, while Coralville elects new mayor, councilmembers

Voters in Iowa City reelected Bruce Teague to the Iowa City Council on Tuesday. Teague received 6,740 votes in the three-way race for two at-large council seats, according to the unofficial results from the Johnson County Auditor’s Office. Joining Teague […]

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Iowa City’s Sudanese community joined worldwide protests against the coup in Sudan

More than 100 members of Iowa City’s Sudanese community gathered at the Pentacrest on Saturday to protest last week’s military coup in Sudan. “Today, democracy is under attack in Sudan,” Iowa City Mayor Pro Tem Mazahir Salih said Saturday. Salih […]

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Watch: Get to know the four candidates for Iowa City Council

As Tuesday’s election approaches, voters have a chance to familiarize themselves with the candidates for the Iowa City Council through video statements on City Channel 4’s “Meet the Candidates” series. There are three seats on this year’s ballot. Two are […]

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Jason Glass, candidate for Iowa City Council, discusses policing, affordability and being called ‘moderate’

During his campaign for Iowa City Council, Jason Glass has maintained an upbeat tone, stressing what he considers to be positive aspects of the city while proposing ways he’d like to build on those positives. That approach isn’t unusual, especially […]

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Iowa City mask mandate extended, as state reports more than 10,000 new COVID cases and 81 deaths

Iowa City Mayor Bruce Teague issued an order on Wednesday extending the city’s mask mandate that has been in place since Aug. 19. The new order doesn’t have an expiration date as the previous one did and “shall remain in […]

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Iowa City Council hears two very different plans for how to spend federal pandemic relief funds

Both of the Iowa City Council’s two meetings on Tuesday had speakers addressing how the city should spend the $18.3 million in federal funds provided by the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA). During the council’s 4 p.m. work session, city […]

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Iowa City mask mandate: UI and ICCSD say they can’t require masks; Mayor Teague discusses enforcement

The University of Iowa will not change its policy of encouraging but not requiring mask-wearing on campus, despite the mask mandate issued by Iowa City Mayor Bruce Teague on Thursday night. As a state agency it is bound by state […]

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Iowa City issues new mask mandate for schools, restaurants, UI campus and more

Mayor Bruce Teague issued a face mask mandate for Iowa City on Thursday evening, due to the ongoing surge in cases of COVID-19 driven by the spread of the Delta variant in Iowa. “The Delta variant has reached our community, […]

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