Tax Increment Financing: Getting It Right - Tax increment financing (TIF) is a mechanism that was introduced during the 1950s to help cities redevelop blighted and economically distressed urban areas by granting cities, for an indefinite period of time, sole authority over the increased value in property tax (the increment) in a given area.
Police investigate shots fired call - IOWA CITY, IA. -- On November 14th at 2am, Iowa City officers responded to Los Cocos Bar, at 1921 Keokuk St, for a report of shots being fired. Responding officers located witnesses that reported hearing multiple shots being fired in the bar’s parking lot. One witness reported that he observed a black male wearing a hoodie shooting a gun into the air.
Police investigate a stabbing- IOWA CITY, IA. -- On Friday, November 14th, at 1:13am, Iowa City police officers responded to report of stabbing that occurred at lot 25 Thatcher Tr. Ct. Responding officers located both parties involved, in the street, in front of the residence.
Trade gap narrows - The U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, through the Department of Commerce, has announced that total September exports of $155.4 billion and imports of $211.9 billion resulted in a goods and services deficit of $56.5 billion, down from $59.1 billion in August, revised.
Grassley urges automakers to demonstrate leadership while asking for government bailout - WASHINGTON --- Senator Chuck Grassley today said that leaders of the big three automakers seeking a government bailout should do what former Chrysler head Lee Iacocca did in cutting his own pay in 1979, when saving his company with the help of federal taxpayers.
$20 Million Conservation Bond Money Already Being Played With- Leading up to the November 4 general election and under the guise of conservation, bond proponents were telling voters they should vote 'yes' for prairie grass, wetlands, preserving timberlands, and saying things like, "It's for the children."
Road Construction - N. Dubuque Street- IOWA CITY, IA. -- Weather permitting, beginning on Monday, November 17, 2008, N. Dubuque Street will be reduced to one lane of traffic, northbound and southbound, from Taft Speedway to Park Road. These lane reductions are to facilitate the installation of water service for the University of Iowa Boat House. It is anticipated that normal traffic will resume by the end of the day of Thursday, November 20th.
Big Ten Network match generates more than $90,000 for UI flood relief - A $25,000 matching gift from the Big Ten Network to the University of Iowa Flood Relief Fund has spurred more than $65,000 in donations to the UI Foundation for the university's flood relief efforts, for a total of more than $90,000 from the network's initiative.
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