Johnson County

Gov. Kim Reynolds is awarding new grants for businesses to expand child care access for their employees. Johnson County is also expanding a program that provides additional help for families that receive child care assistance from the state.

Residential care facilities in Iowa and across the Midwest had their start as "poor farms" in the 1800s.

The Johnson County civil mental health court program, a first in the state, monitors mental health outpatients and connects them with treatment to help live independently.

The jury found that the state’s case against Tara McGovern wasn’t sufficient to convict them. But that doesn’t mean the acquittal challenges 2021’s increased penalties for protest-related crimes.

In a vote last night, debate was heated. But in the end, the elected officials could not convince the room of Johnson County Democrats to denounce the county attorney for pursuing charges against protesters who blocked traffic.

A campaign is underway to pressure the Johnson County attorney to drop charges against protesters arrested for obstructing an Iowa City intersection in October 2023.

Johnson County Supervisor Royceann Porter has an axe to grind. But to learn why you have to go back days, weeks, even a year to see how bad blood bubbled into the present.

Johnson County and Iowa City are putting American Rescue Plan dollars to work on the child care crisis by paying workers more.

An activist group claims Johnson County left the Congolese community out of its COVID pandemic assistance program. But that’s not the whole story.

The city-county back-and-forth sees an end. With the city picking up the bill, every eligible applicant to the Johnson County’s Direct Assistance Program will get a $1,400 check.