08 Jan 2002

Can Grocers Crush the Bottle Bill?

By Jeff Ignatius
When the Iowa legislature convenes next week, it should expect a new round of lobbying from the state's grocers to repeal the state's "Bottle Bill" - the recycling/litter-control law that requires a five-cent deposit on containers for beer, soda, wine, and other beverages.
25 Dec 2001

African Americans Over-Represented in Iowa Prisons

By Joe Collins
• According to a report from the Task Force on Overrepresentation of African Americans in Prison, 24 percent of the state's prison population in 1999 was African-American even though blacks comprised just over 2 percent of Iowa's population.
25 Dec 2001

Still Standing: The Internet Year In Review

By Robert Jackson Jr.
Travel, if you will, back in time. Madison Square Garden. March 8, 1971. Joe Fraiser, having launched a left hook from somewhere near Buenos Aires to fracture the jaw of Muhammad Ali, won the first bout of their classic boxing trilogy to successfully defend his heavyweight title.
25 Dec 2001

Two Steps Forward ...

By Administrator
If 2001 is, in America, the Year That Changed Everything, the same label might apply to the past 12 months in the Quad Cities, but for much different reasons. Rightly, one day in 2001 casts a massive shadow over the other 364.
18 Dec 2001

Marycrest to Shut Its Doors on June 30

By Joe Collins
• Marycrest International University will close following its spring semester, the school announced on Monday. On Friday, the university's Board of Trustees voted to shutter the institution, citing "economic factors.
18 Dec 2001

County Jail Plans Becoming Clearer, but Major Questions Remain

By Jeff Ignatius
When Scott County studied the issue of a new jail five years ago, most of the people on the project worked in the criminal-justice system and knew the problems of the jail and its annex intimately. That turned out to be a problem.
11 Dec 2001

Davenport Police Department Seeks Accreditation

By Joe Collins
• The Davenport Police Department is seeking an accreditation through the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA). Upon completion of the process, the Davenport Police Department will become the first accredited law-enforcement agency in the Quad Cities, and the largest accredited municipal police department in Iowa.
11 Dec 2001

Hey! Where's My Jet Pack?

By Administrator
Remember TV in the late '50s and early '60s? Forward-thinking social scientists inundated us with tales of what our lives would be in the year 2000. According to these guys, by now we'd have colonies on the moon and sidewalks that moved, and we'd all use jet-propelled backpacks to go from point to point.
11 Dec 2001

Davenport Renews Development Efforts at 53rd and Eastern

By Kathleen McCarthy
Davenport City Administrator Craig Malin, in concert with the Economic Development staff, has wasted no time responding to a September city council mandate for staff to prepare a course of action relative to the city-owned property at 53rd and Eastern.
04 Dec 2001

Community Foundation Receives $3.8 Million Gift

By Joe Collins
• The Community Foundation of the Great River Bend has announced a gift of $3.8 million dollars from the estate of Irma Jepsen. Half of this amount will go to the Unrestricted Fund in Jepsen's name and will benefit many areas of philanthropy, such as health and human services, educational programs, cultural activities and community development.

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