12 Feb 2002

Predatory-Lending Regulations Alive in Iowa Legislature

By Jeff Ignatius
Some Iowa legislators are targeting lenders who change outrageous fees and interest rates (typically higher than 12 percent annually). A handful of bills in the Iowa General Assembly have been or are about to be introduced, and some might have a decent chance of passage.
05 Feb 2002

Now or Never: It's Your Renaissance

By Administrator
Last year, the City of Davenport developed and submitted its Vision Iowa application to the state and received a $20 million grant for various components. This weekend, the public will get its first real opportunities to guide portions of the massive downtown-revitalization project.
05 Feb 2002

53rd and Eastern Search Process Nears Its End

By Jeff Ignatius
While the process has not been as public as those to develop a concept for the River Music Center and to choose a firm for the skybridge, the city's effort to develop new plans for its property at 53rd Street and Eastern Avenue is moving forward.
29 Jan 2002

A Taxing Question

By Jeff Ignatius
Local business and political leaders fear that to gain a few thousandths of one percent of the state's budget, Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack is threatening the economic balance of the Quad Cities. As part of his budget proposal two weeks ago, Vilsack announced a tax-policy change that could hamper efforts to attract businesses and workers to the Iowa Quad Cities.
29 Jan 2002

REPLACEMENT FOR 50-YEAR-OLD PAP SMEAR METHOD IS CLEARED BY FDA

By Lashon Moore, ARNP
The ThinPrep 2000 System, which prepares the ThinPrep® Pap Test, is intended as a replacement for the 50 year old Pap smear, the most widely used cancer screening test. More than 100 million Pap tests are performed annually worldwide.
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.
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

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

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 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.

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