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State Sen. Zach Wahls raised almost $400,000 while other Johnson County candidates in legislative and county races combined raised less than $300,000.

IOWA CITY — The Iowa City Council suspended its Truth and Reconciliation Commission for four weeks and plans on a joint meeting with the group once vacancies are filled. Following two hours of public comment and another hour of council discussion, the council around midnight Wednesday voted 5-2 to suspend the commission until April 15. During the suspension, the council will seek to replace three members who resigned from the commission. Some council members argued four weeks was not enough ...

03/12/21 A City Councilor is proposing that the newly created Iowa City Truth and Reconciliation Commission be suspended after a rocky start. Laura Bergus spoke to the Daily Iowan this week and emailed the council with her proposal to be considered for the upcoming City Council meeting. She added that she reached out to three members of the commission, including current chair Mohammed Traore to inform them of her intentions. When the Truth and Reconciliation Commission met last week, Johnson Co...

IOWA CITY, Iowa (KWWL) -- Just days after the Chair of Iowa Citys Truth and Reconciliation Commission stepped down ahead of a vote of no confidence, a commissioner and the facilitator of the commission have resigned. Jesse Case, the commissions newly appointed facilitator, resigned Friday afternoon, the day after Royceann Porter stepped down as chair. Porter is staying on the commission as a regular commissioner. In his resignation letter, Case wrote despite overwhelming support from the City C...

9-member panel has first meeting on Monday, will report to City Council Protesters flee June 3 as flash grenades are set off and tear gas is released on Dubuque Street during a march against racial injustice in Iowa City. Authorities used the flash grenades and tear gas in an attempt to stop protesters from entering Interstate 80. The incident became a defining moment in this summer’s protests and the city’s response. “This is a moment when we’re going to need bigger community healing,�...