State will pay $125,000 to settle lawsuit filed by employee fired for social media post about Charlie Kirk
The state of Iowa will pay $125,000 to settle a lawsuit by an attorney in the State Public Defender’s Office who was fired because of a social media post following the killing of rightwing activist and media figure Charlie Kirk. The payment was approved last week by the State Appeals Board as part of a…
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Letter to the editor: After 15 years, 100Grannies is still fighting for our grandchildren’s future
By Becky Ross Member, Iowa City; 100Grannies Steering Committee member Earth Day has come and gone for another year, but there will be many other environmental events happening this summer.…
Letter to the editor: Rod Sullivan has set a high standard
By Jim and Chris Walters, Iowa City For over 20 years, Rod Sullivan has served as a Johnson County supervisor. He has set a high standard. A supervisor needs to…
Letter to the editor: Exploitation of immigrant labor hurts all U.S. workers
By Joel E. Wells, Iowa City If you want to understand Iowa’s immigration problem, don’t start at the border — start at the paycheck. Illegal immigration is, at its core,…
Letter to the editor: Adam Steen continues to fear monger about Satanists and ‘Sharia law’
By Dave Leshtz, Iowa City I’ve written about and gotten to know several members of Iowa’s Satanic Temple. They are young and intelligent. They come mostly from small towns in Iowa,…
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Album Review: OHYUNG — ‘IOWA’
IOWA by OHYUNG My first recollection of meeting Lia Ouyang Rusli was at a Feed Me Weird Things show she performed at as OHYUNG. I had been asked to provide…
Album Review: Hambone and the Maple Babies — ‘Hootenanny’
Have you heard of “word painting”? It’s the musical technique in which instrumental choices illustrate the lyrical ones — and vice versa — in a positive feedback loop. Synergy at…
Album Review: Greg Wheeler and the Poly Mall Cops — ‘Slimephone Surveillance’
Smartphones are everywhere, and you can still catch a glimpse of a flip phone now and then, courtesy of the “dumphone” resurgence. But have you considered the slimephone?
Album Review: Doc Bullfrog — ‘Like We’re Supposed To’
Like We're Supposed To by Doc Bullfrog If surf music can exist in the landlocked, agricultural haven that is the Midwest, then Doc Bullfrog is the embodiment of Midwest surf.…
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Fully Booked at ICPL: Stories Between Generations, a pen-pal summer reading program
This summer the Iowa City Senior Center and Iowa City Public Library are partnering to present Stories Between Generations, a program that connects local seniors and school-aged children through a…
Book Review: ‘Release of Information and Other Linked Stories’ by Kali White VanBaale
For her latest collection of short stories, Kali White VanBaale bolts out of the gates with the attention-grabbing, slice-of-life “Hyatt and the Arch.” She doesn’t slow her literary gait until…
Book Review: ‘Dreams are for the Dead’ by S. Elias W Sharp
“‘You ever smoke meth?’ he asked, casual like he was offering a cigarette.” So begins a passage in S. Elias W Sharp’s unforgettable debut memoir, Dreams are for the Dead.…
Fully Booked at ICPL: New DC Comics absolutely worth your time
DC Comics’ Absolute titles are reimagined and radical new takes on their most popular heroes, and have genuinely got me excited about reading comics again. The set-up is fascinating: The…
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Review: Bar Martinez boasts thoughtful cocktails, an intimate space and a bathroom fit for the pope
I’m in a bathroom in Highland Park at 11 p.m. on a Friday night. The walls are painted deep red, and the room is lit almost exclusively by prayer candles.…
Iowa is home to a colorful variety of THC beverage and candy brands. They could all disappear come November.
Last year, after the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, Congress finally passed a stopgap funding bill — and ignited a ticking timebomb for the billion-dollar THC beverage industry. A…
Czech Village’s new, women-owned bookstores bring two different vibes to the neighborhood
Most Iowans are lucky to have a single bookstore in their neighborhood. As of December, Cedar Rapids’ Czech Village has two. Sisters Books and Nooks debuted in September, founded by…
Linzi Murray and her West Des Moines bookstore/cafe are hitting their stride
Linzi Murray, owner of Reading in Public Bookstore and Cafe, lifted her pants leg, pointing to a tattoo on her left ankle. Although her dad, Keith, died of lung cancer…
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