13 Oct 2016

Poultry in Motion: Backyard Chickens Got the Nod in Moline, and Soon Could in Other Quad Cities

By Jeff Ignatius
Three-year-old Cole Petersen holding one of Moline’s newly legal chickens.

If you think about the type of person likely to raise backyard chickens in the Quad Cities, you might conjure a vision of somebody similar to Liz Smith. With philosophical and practical motivations and a love of animals, she did her research and educated her city’s leaders.

01 Sep 2016

2016 Fall Guide

By Administrator
Cover image by Paul Riewerts

The River Cities’ Reader’s 2016 Fall Guide – featuring more than 1,300 events through November – is on stands now. Pick up a copy today!

24 Aug 2016

Enter the 2016 Short-Fiction Contest! October 10 Deadline!

By Administrator

Our 2016 short-fiction contest – presented in partnership with the Bettendorf Public Library – features 10 prompts from first and last lines of novels and stories by Iowa author Ethan Canin.

The deadline for entries is 5 p.m. Central Daylight Time on Monday, October 10.

21 Jul 2016

Slow and Steady: How WIU-QC Has Grown Despite Tough Times in Higher Education

By Jeff Ignatius

In 2006, Western Illinois University approved its master plan for a Moline riverfront campus, boasting that “this new location will host an initial enrollment of 3,000 students.”

Last year – with two of three planned construction phases complete – Western Illinois University-Quad Cities (WIU-QC) had 1,531 students.

On the surface, this looks pretty bad. There was no equivocation in that enrollment statement, and the numbers aren’t even close.

23 Jun 2016

“Love, Dr. Bob”: Remembering Bob Murdock (1957-2016)

By Administrator
Bob Murdock at the 2015 HAVlife Martini Shake Off. Photo by Joshua Ford (Ford-Photo.com).

When Bob Murdock died on June 6, the outpouring of shock and grief was stunning. Many of us knew him as the stalwart bartender at Blue Cat, but these remembrances testify that he was so much more.

09 Jun 2016

2016 Summer Guide

By Administrator
Bob Murdock at the 2015 HAVlife Martini Shake Off. Photo by Joshua Ford (Ford-Photo.com).

The River Cities’ Reader’s 2016 Summer Guide – featuring more than 1,400 events through August – is on stands now. Pick up a copy today!

31 May 2016

Enter the Reader’s 2016 Summer Photo Contest; June 27 Deadline!

By Administrator
2016 Summer Photo Contest

The River Cities’ Reader’s summer photo contest has returned, with three new categories for your submissions: “Red,” “White,” and “Blue.”

27 May 2016

Magical Thinking: Tax Groups Unveil Reform Options to Spur Economic Growth – Without Cutting State Revenues

By Jeff Ignatius
Illustration by Nathan Klaus and Freepik

The national Tax Foundation wants the Iowa legislature to perform a little magic.

27 May 2016

Scott County Sheriff Candidate Survey

By Administrator
Peter Eldridge Bawden, LaMark Combs, Thomas Gibbs, and Tim Lane

The River Cities’ Reader asked the five candidates for Scott County sheriff to answer three questions in advance of the June 7 primary election.

12 May 2016

Piecemeal Progress: Local and State Governments Slowly Tackle Racial Disparities in the Justice System

By Jeff Ignatius
iStockphoto

In his annual “state of the judiciary” speech to the General Assembly in January, Iowa Supreme Court Chief Justice Mark S. Cady highlighted a new initiative.

“Three counties – Johnson, Linn, and Scott – are collaborating with Georgetown University on juvenile-court pilot projects,” he said. “These projects seek to eliminate racial disparity in the juvenile-justice system and its adverse consequences to our state.”

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