Iowa City

Voters in three of eastern Iowa’s largest cities will see a question about a Local Option Sales Tax on their ballots this November. If approved, the revenue generated by the tax would fund affordable housing and various capital improvement projects in Iowa City, Coralville and North Liberty.

Three Iowa City West high schoolers founded a book club that reads some of the country's most frequently banned books after a state law removing books with sexual content was signed in 2023. Two years later, many of the books have been reshelved and parts of the law can't be enforced.

Baker & Taylor, one of the nation's largest book suppliers, announced that it will shut down by the end of the year. The vendor had a contract with the State of Iowa.

Johnson County officials are pulling their support for a new joint law enforcement facility that would house a new county jail, the sheriff’s office and the Iowa City Police Department. After both the county and the city agreed to continue discussions on the shared facility, Johnson County Sheriff Brad Kunkel said he no longer sees a path forward.

Hundreds of Midwest law enforcement agencies are now working with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which is raising big questions about civil rights and community trust.

Iowa City's fourth annual Refocus Film Festival will open with Train Dreams, directed by the Academy Award-nominated writer Clint Bentley. Following in the festival's theme of adaptation, the film is based on the award-winning novella of the same name, written by Iowa Writers' Workshop alumnus Denis Johnson.

Horror author Ira Rat hopes to give Iowa writers in the genre a space to connect with the inaugural One of Us horror fiction convention.

After filming at iconic Iowa City landmarks and including locals as extras, the feature film will move on to Dubuque next.

A conversation with Dan Roche, author of Eyes By Hand, and Iowa City ocularist Lindsay Wagner-Pronk.

Iowa City’s nonprofit movie theater FilmScene has partnered with a local investor to purchase the building that houses its original location on the Ped Mall.