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Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds has signed a slew of education bills that will make broad changes to the education system in the state. The biggest bill, Senate File 496, is wide-ranging in scope and gives parents and guardians the ability to transfer their children to another school within the same district in certain circumstances. It...

I didn’t want to write this column at first. Not because I have nothing to say, but because I didn’t feel qualified. After all, I come from an awkward position where I quit working for The Daily Iowan freshman year, only to crawl back three years later. So, let’s talk about that. Balancing academics, a...

I’ve been around Iowa City for a long time. I came here in 2017 through the University of Iowa’s REACH Program, which specializes in helping students with cognitive and intellectual disabilities. Through my first three years at the university, I worked in videography for local TV stations like City Channel 4 and PATV. After PATV...

The Iowa track and field team filled the podium in multiple events last weekend as it progresses toward championship season. The Iowa distance runners, throwers, and jumpers competed at the Drake Relays in Des Moines from April 27-29. The sprinters and hurdlers sought warmer weather at the Arizona-hosted Desert Heat Classic on April 29 in...

Iowa football was one of just five teams that had multiple first round picks on the opening night of the NFL Draft on Thursday. Alabama, Georgia, and Ohio State had three picks each in the first round; Clemson joined Iowa to have two. Throughout the three-day event, the Hawkeyes had four players drafted to the...

Under a bill passed by the Iowa House, State Auditor Rob Sand would be limited in his oversight and abilities to review documents. Senate File 478, passed a 55-41 vote in the Iowa House on Thursday afternoon — with five Republicans joining all Democrats to oppose the bill. Sand is the only elected constitutional office...

The Iowa track and field team had a weekend full of wins in another split across the country from April 12-15. Iowa jumpers, sprinters, and hurdlers returned to Florida for the Tom Jones Invitational, while mid-distance, distance, and multi-event athletes traveled to California for the Mt. SAC Relays and Bryan Clay Invitational and a handful...

Iowa women’s track and field junior hurdler Myreanna Bebe headlined the team’s six wins at the Fighting Illini Challenge on April 4, building momentum for another team split across the country this weekend. The University of Illinois hosted the meet in 60-degree Champaign, Illinois, weather, just 200 miles southwest of Iowa City. A handful of...

The Daily Iowan won top honors in seven of nine categories—including best student newspaper, best TV newscast, and best website—in a regional journalism competition run by the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ).

The Iowa track and field team registered three school records in one weekend as the Hawkeyes split across the country from March 30 to April 1. The distance runners traveled to California for the Stanford-hosted Stanford Invite in Palo Alto and the San Francisco State-hosted Mike Fanelli Track Classic in San Francisco. The long sprinters...