22 Jan 2002

The Destruction of Marycrest

By D. Ezra Sidran
As an undergraduate in the mid-1980s at what was then Marycrest College, I was given the basic foundation of a liberal-arts education. I had learned logic, ethics, morals, and, on a good day, something about computers.
15 Jan 2002

Illinois Gets Tough on Ecstasy

By Joe Collins
• A law that went into effect on January 1 makes Illinois one of the harshest states in the nation on the club drug Ecstasy. Under the new law, sale of as few as 15 Ecstasy tablets will be treated as a Class X felony, punishable by up to 30 years in prison and with a mandatory-minimum six-year sentence.
08 Jan 2002

Budget Woes Cause Tax Refund Delays

By Joe Collins
• Iowa's budget woes mean thousands of Iowa taxpayers will have to wait three months for their income-tax refunds during the upcoming tax season. Normally, the state needs about eight weeks to process an error-free tax return that is filed on paper.
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.

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