From The Daily Iowan
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Iowa House lawmakers approve raise for statewide elected officials
Iowa House lawmakers approved a bill to increase statewide elected official pay by $10,000 next year on Thursday. The bill would also include a cost-of-living increase for Iowa lawmaker’s pay, similar to the amount the state agrees with public employee unions. Rep. Joel Fry, R-Osceola who led the bill Thursday, said the proposal will help
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Coordinators update schemes, personnel, position battles
Iowa football coordinators Tim Lester, Phil Parker, and LeVar Woods spoke to the media for about 20 minutes each on Thursday afternoon. Lester is the freshest face of the trio, having taken over the Hawkeye offense in February. He answered the most questions by far – discussing quarterback Cade McNamara and Co.’s progress with two
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Former Iowa women’s basketball guard Molly Davis recovering from knee surgery
Former Iowa women’s basketball guard Molly Davis had knee surgery Thursday morning, according to current Hawkeye forward AJ Ediger on a TikTok livestream. The two live together in Iowa City, and during the livestream, Ediger mentioned that Davis is recovering from surgery. Davis was in the room with Ediger but wasn’t shown on camera. Ediger said
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Iowa City bar crawls to raise money for charity foundations
“Iowa Nice” meets the state’s love of beer as downtown Iowa City prepares for a philanthropy-forward bar crawl. Two Iowa City bar crawls, organized by OneBuzz and LineLeap, are donating money made from t-shirt sales for the crawls to two different charity organizations. The organizations will donate the money to The SAFE Bar Network and
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Iowa City schools partner with Historic Poor Farm to teach students about agriculture
Students in the Iowa City Community School District will be immersed in experiential learning about agriculture and the environment through a partnership with the nonprofit Grow: Johnson County this fall. Grow: Johnson County works with children throughout the community and allows them to participate in sustainable farming practices. This fall, all sixth-grade students at Iowa
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IC Downtown District builds pickleball court on Ped Mall for summer
The Iowa City Downtown District built a multisport pickleball court late last week for residents to use this summer into early fall. The court also has hopscotch and shuffleboard and can be used for other sports if the pickleball net is removed. Downtown District Executive Editor Betsy Potter said it is open and free for
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Indigo Girls grace the stage at Englert Theater
Indigo Girls, the folk-rock duo consisting of Emily Saliers and Amy Ray, took the stage at the Englert Theater Wednesday night for the first of two sold-out shows this week. The pair, who have been performing together since high school, have nearly 900,000 monthly listeners on Spotify, 16 studio albums, and are the subject of
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With adjournment around the corner, Iowa lawmakers consider tax overhaul
As lawmakers move toward adjournment this weekend, Senate lawmakers advanced a tax omnibus bill that would, among other changes to tax processes, decrease the state’s income tax rate to 3.8 percent by next year. The state’s tax rate is already set to decrease to 3.9 percent by 2026, due to a 2022 Iowa law signed
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The Israel-Hamas Conflict: moving the goal post
Let me at the outset state that what Hamas did on Oct. 7, 2023, is an act of terrorism on the innocent civilians of Israel. This is a deplorable act and the persons who carried it out should be brought to justice. However, the brutal war on the stateless Palestinians by the Israeli Government —
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Iowa track and field prepares for first home outdoor meet
Before Iowa’s first home track meet of the season, the team competed coast to coast. Coastal competition On April 11, a duo of Hawkeyes took the track for the Bryan Clay Invitational in California to post top-ten times in school history. googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display(\'div-gpt-ad-1573565244436-0\'); }); In the men’s 3000-meter steeplechase, second-year Hayden Kuhn finished in
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Three takeaways from Iowa baseball’s midweek victory over Bradley
The Iowa baseball team defeated the Bradley Braves in a hard-fought midweek contest. The Hawkeyes trailed 6-3 at one point, but patient hitting and solid pitching led them to victory. With the triumph, Iowa improves to 19-15 on the season. Here are three takeaways from the win: Resilience at the plate googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display(\'div-gpt-ad-1573565244436-0\'); });
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Caitlin Clark to sign eight-figure endorsement deal with Nike, receive signature shoe
Former Iowa star guard Caitlin Clark is signing an eight-figure endorsement deal with Nike and is set to receive her own signature shoe, per Shams Charania of The Athletic. Clark was drafted No. 1 overall by the Indiana Fever on April 15. She joins an exclusive club of WNBA players to have their own signature