Iowa City

The chair of Iowa City’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission is in hot water over disparaging comments she made in a now-deleted podcast. But for now, it appears she’ll keep her seat.

No injuries were reported in a series of incidents involving a machete, "a suicide plan," and a number of incendiary devices discovered Tuesday in Iowa City.

Inclusive ICR, a coalition in the Iowa City-Cedar Rapids corridor, is offering a new, free tool for area businesses to get assessments on diversity and inclusion efforts.

Grassley hits Biden on biofuels. Pence stumps in Iowa City. And the UAW strike continues in John Deere contract negotiations.

An immigrant advocacy organization has announced it will purchase a second home where new immigrants and refugees in Iowa can stay.

Iowa City will have its first Diversity Market this weekend. The pop up shopping center aims to elevate underrepresented populations in the area.

Iowa City’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission resumed its operations Thursday night, after a temporary suspension put in place by city officials was lifted. At the same time, local Black Lives Matter activists held an organizing meeting for their own Peoples Truth & Reckoning Commission.

Following three hours of debate and public comment, the Iowa City Council voted to temporarily suspend the city’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission Tuesday night, following a string of resignations and complaints of persistent dysfunction during the group’s meetings.

Iowa City officials say they’re considering replacing some benches downtown after advocates labeled them as hostile to homeless people. Two dozen…

Officials in Johnson County are getting back to work after the sudden death of one of their own. The county supervisors met for the first time today…