Candidates for the Iowa City Council in November’s election will meet to discuss the issues at the League of Women Voters of Johnson County Candidate Forum on Monday night. The 90-minute forum will take place in the assembly room of the Iowa City Senior Center (28 S Linn St), and is scheduled to begin at […]
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‘I can’t get a passport in this country right now’: Iowa City marks Transgender Day of Visibility in the shadow of anti-trans state, national laws
Approximately 100 people gathered at College Green Park in Iowa City on Tuesday for a rally to mark this year’s International Transgender Day of Visibility (TDOV). “Visibility is power. Visibility is defiance,” Mandi Remington, founder and director of Corridor Community Action Network (CCAN) and a member of the Johnson County Board of Supervisors, told the […]
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‘Change happens from the ground up’: Oliver Weilein wins the special election in Iowa City District C
Oliver Weilein won the special election for the Iowa City Council seat in District C in a landslide on Tuesday. Weilein received 60 percent of the vote. The other candidate in the race, Ross Nusser, finished with 40 percent of 6,902 votes cast.
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Polls open at 7 a.m. on Tuesday for the special election to fill the Iowa City Council seat in District C
Election Day for the open Iowa City Council seat in District C is Tuesday. Unlike the primary election on Feb. 4, in which only residents of District C could vote, all registered voters in Iowa City will be able to vote in the special election on Tuesday.
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Early voting in the Iowa City Council special election starts on Wednesday
Early voting in the March 4 special election to fill the open seat on the Iowa City Council in District C starts on Wednesday. There will be two candidates on the ballot: Oliver Weilein and Ross Nusser. Weilein won a landslide victory in the Feb. 4 primary, receiving 69 percent of the vote. Nusser finished […]
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Oliver Weilein wins almost 70% of the vote in Iowa City’s District C primary
Oliver Weilein won a decisive victory in Tuesday’s primary election for the open Iowa City Council seat in District C. According to the results published by the Johnson County Auditor’s Office, Weilein received 641 votes, which represents 69 percent of the votes cast in District C. Weilein will face second-place finisher Ross Nusser in the […]
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Two candidates, two different approaches to Iowa City issues featured at Monday’s forum
The withdrawal of Sharon DeGraw from the race for Iowa City Council last week leaves two active candidates in the primary on Feb. 4, and then again in the special election to fill the District C seat on March 4. (Early voting was already underway when DeGraw withdrew, so the primary will be held even […]
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Sharon DeGraw withdraws from Iowa City special election, leaving two candidates for council
Sharon DeGraw announced on Friday afternoon that she was dropping out of the race for the open Iowa City Council seat in District C. DeGraw attributed her decision to “a personal matter,” and said she was “requesting privacy from the press and the public.” DeGraw’s unexpected last-minute entry in the race brought the number of […]
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Three candidates are vying for Iowa City Council, prompting a Feb. 4 primary ahead of the special election
The ballot is now set for the special election to fill the vacancy on the Iowa City Council left by the resignation of Andrew Dunn, the councilmember for District C. Three residents of the district — Sharon DeGraw, Ross Nusser and Oliver Weilein — filed the necessary candidate paperwork for the election before the deadline […]
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Iowa City now selling overnight and weekend parking permits for its parking ramps
Overnight and weekend parking permits for Iowa City’s parking ramps went on sale Tuesday morning. “The evening/weekend parking permits will be available for all City parking ramps and assigned for use at a single parking facility,” the city said in a statement. “The permits are available at 75% of the cost of an all-day parking […]
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Iowa City parking prices are going up starting Monday
The price of parking, both legally and illegally, increases on Monday in Iowa City. The familiar $1 per hour fee at the parking ramps set will double, except at the Chauncey Swan and Harrison Street ramps, where the price will be $2.25 per hour. The first hour of parking at the ramps will still be […]
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Parking in Iowa City will soon be more expensive as ramp fees double, meters get hungrier and fines go up
Parking in Iowa City will get more expensive as parking ramp fees, the cost of metered parking and parking tickets fines all increase later this year. The city council approved the changes unanimously as part of a broader package of fee increases at its formal meeting on Tuesday, following a public hearing at which no […]
