The Iowa City city council is considering a more restrictive aggressive solicitation ordinance that would keep panhandlers and street musici...

PRESS CONFERENCE: FREE SPEECH ON THE PED MALL Iowa City, IA – On June 1, 2010, Iowa City Council will be considering a third reading to red...

Below is the transcription from the 5/10 Iowa City Council meeting which included a second consideration of an " aggressive solicitatio...

As the Iowa City Council will have one more vote on the extended panhandling ordinance tentatively on June 1st. Fair-minded people should as...

I attended last night's City Council meeting and it brought out a new understanding of how Iowa City's "diverse" downtown...

So the two parties have had their conventions and (D) Janelle Rettig and (R) Lori Cardella are their parties' candidates. If there is an...

Today's Iowa City election netted the lowest turnout since 1985. The Iowa City precincts during September's school board election re...

The Iowa City Council passed a city-wide loitering ordinance and less than 4% of registered voters (1,872 to be precise) turned out for the ...

Iowa City City Council at-large candidates need your support. If you are eligible to vote, have the desire to brave the rain, and want to pa...

The City Council deferred on the decision to invoke a city-wide minor curfew when a coalition of community members stepped forward with a ...

The City Council has two more readings of the controversial minor curfew and loitering ordinances. Below are links to both. While FAIR!, th...

Yesterday morning I attended a meeting at Fairmeadows Park organized by neighbors of a group called "Bringing It Together" (BIT) h...

Iowa City Council unanimously agreed to fire city manager Michael Lombardo yesterday less than a year after they hired him. Whether he was...

The City Council meeting in Iowa City was nothing if not potentially fireworks filled last night with residents concerned about the tax refe...