By PETER HUSSMANN
Lawyers for the UAW and Local 997 have been granted a two day extension to file its response to Whirlpool Corporation's request that the federal court grant its motion for summary judgment.
On Tuesday, counsel for the UAW and Newton union filed a motion seeking the two day extension [...]
IOWA CITY, IA. -- The Library Board of Trustees seeks candidates to fill vacancies on the Iowa City Public Library Art Advisory Committee.
If you are interested in applying, please contact Candice Smith at 887-6031 or pick up an application at the Library's second floor Reference Desk. Applications will be [...]
Common sense did prevail yesterday in the Iowa House who, following the Iowa Senate’s lead, passed SF 2197 (H.J. 976) in bipartisan fashion with a 97-0 vote thereby closing the loophole that allowed minors to perform nude. I find it somewhat interesting that Representative [...]
Over 800 homeschoolers brought together by the Network of Iowa Christian Home Educators (NICHE) descended on the Iowa Capitol Building yesterday to meet with their legislators, hear from gubernatorial candidates, and hear Michael Farris speak on preserving parental rights. Dr. Farris is the chairman of the Home School [...]
I’m keeping an eye on all the candidates who are submitting their nomination papers. The deadline to do so is this Friday. The most important stories that will come out of this process will have nothing to do with who submitted the most names, but who is retiring [...]
With contested Republican primaries up and down the ballot this year, evaluating all of the various campaigns is a difficult task. Last week, TIR blogger Dave Davidson graded a number of the campaigns on their use of social networking tools. Before that, the congressional and gubernatorial candidates [...]
John Deeth, who has been following candidate filings closer than anyone in the state, reported last night that Democrat Anesa Kajtazovic of Waterloo has filed to run for state House District 21, a seat held by embattled state Rep. Kerry Burt, D-Waterloo.
Burt was arrested for drunk driving [...]
Beginning Wednesday, Iowa physicians who perform the wrong procedure or perform a procedure at the wrong anatomical site or on the wrong patient will be subject to new state sanctions. The change is the result of an administrative rule adopted last fall by the Iowa Board of Medicine, which takes [...]
