Rally at Iowa City demands fair treatment for black youth
About 75 people gathered outside City Hall to urge fair treatment of black children following a video showing a white officer arresting a Black teen at the Robert A Lee Recreation Center. The event preceded and continued into a City Council meeting with calls to address implicit bias and improve police interactions, amid a June incident and ongoing review.
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Iowa City
Robert A. Lee
Latisha McDaniel
Rec Center
Jim Throgmorton
Iowa City Council
I C lot development takes first step in Iowa City
Iowa City moves to amend its comprehensive plan to allow mixed use on two downtown parking lots. One site north of City Hall near 10 S Gilbert St adjacent to the Unitarian Universalist Society and another east of the Robert A Lee Recreation Center. Developer Allen Homes plans a mixed use building with residential units and historic preservation, potentially trading surface spaces for a parking structure. Financial assistance requests may arise, with tax increment financing debated by council members.
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Iowa City
Iowa City Council
City Hall
Unitarian Universalist Society
S. Gilbert St
Robert A. Lee
Dave Zahradnik
Neumann Monson Architects
Geoff Fruin
Kingsley Botchway
Jim Throgmorton
Iowa push to amend transit funding bill aims to loosen bus limits
Public transit advocates and lawmakers push an amendment to a Senate funding bill to shift money from a dense state seven state rider program to a national bus grant, cutting the grant cap from 15 to 4 percent. Sen Grassley backs the change saying states should compete for bus funds. Iowa would keep 3.4 million in 2015 funds, enough for 35 systems and 1,600 buses, but critics warn cuts could hit seniors and workers.
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Chuck Grassley
Brown
Senate
Northeast
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Metropolitan Transit Authority of
Black Hawk County
Iowa Public Transit Association
Iowa
Highway Trust Fund
U.S. Export-Import Bank
Export- Import Bank
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Majority
Kevin McCarthy
Chamber
Stuart Anderson
Iowa Dot
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