05 Apr 2019

The Gig Economy is What Yesterday's Socialists Said They Wanted. Why do Today's Socialists Hate it?

By Thomas L Knapp

A February Harris poll finds that 49.6% of Millennial and Generation Z Americans would "prefer living in a socialist country."

US Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and US Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), among other politicians, proclaim a message of "democratic socialism," evoking an ideology last ascendant in the early 1900s when Eugene Debs and Norman Thomas moved the needle in US elections.

05 Apr 2019

Napping Not Allowed: Ban on Sleeping in Cars Could Allow Police to Seize Car Occupants, Vehicles and Carry Out Warrantless Searches

By Rutherford Institute

ROANOKE, VIRGINIA (April 5, 2019) — The Rutherford Institute is sounding the alarm over a local Virginia ordinance that makes it illegal for people to sleep in their cars and subjects them to warrantless seizures and searches by police and a fine of $250.

05 Apr 2019

Architect Recognized for Public Service to Quad Cities

By Jessica Reinert

MOLINE, ILLINOIS (April 5, 2019) — Craig Shannon AIA, a member of the American Institute of Architects, Iowa Chapter (AIA Iowa), has been recognized as a participant in the AIA Iowa Citizen Architect Program by AIA Iowa for service to the Quad Cities area.

04 Apr 2019

Felix Adler Children's Discovery Center: “Clinton, Iowa’s Children’s Museum” Eggs-periments, Windy Day, and Egg-stravaganza

By Nikki McGinnis

04 Apr 2019

Iowa Public Television Announces 2019 Reading Road Trip

By Susan Ramsey

JOHNSTON, IOWA (April 4, 2019) — Iowa Public Television's Dan Wardell kicks off his thirteenth annual Reading Road Trip on Thursday, June 6. This summer, 29 lucky Iowa communities will receive a visit from Wardell, the popular host of the children's series KIDS Clubhouse Adventures. IPTV partners with librarians statewide to promote summer-reading each year.

04 Apr 2019

Juvenile Materials Go Fine-Free in the Library

By Brittany Peacock

DAVENPORT, IOWA (April 4, 2019) — All juvenile materials go fine-free in the Davenport Public Library.

At the City Council Meeting on Wednesday, April 3, 2019, the announcement was made that all Juvenile Materials in the Davenport Public Library will be deemed fine-free beginning April 8, to kick off National Library Week.

04 Apr 2019

Teacher Job Fair

By Whitney Smith

BETTENDORF, IOWA (April 3, 2019) — The Mississippi Bend Area Education Agency and Regional Office of Education is hosting its Teacher Job Fair on Monday, April 15, 2019, at the Mississippi Bend AEA located at 729 21st Street in Bettendorf, from 2-5PM. The purpose of the Teacher Job Fair is to bring school districts looking for teachers together with teachers looking for jobs.

03 Apr 2019

This One Weird Trick for Legalizing Marijuana

By Thomas L Knapp

Governor Andrew Cuomo "insisted Monday (April 1) that New York will pass a law to legalize recreational pot before the Legislature adjourns in June," The New York Post reports. He's been promising legalization for some time. Many New Yorkers had hoped the measure would be included in this year's state budget.

03 Apr 2019

Iowa Finance Authority Awards More than $8.6 Million in Federal Housing Tax Credits for the Construction of 552 Affordable Rental Homes

By Ashley Jared

DES MOINES, IOWA (April 3, 2019) — The Iowa Finance Authority Board of Directors today awarded a total of more than $8.6 million in federal housing tax-credits to support the construction of 552 rental homes for families and seniors. The twelve projects are located in Cedar Rapids, Dubuque, Grimes, Harlan, Marshalltown, Marion, Norwalk, Pella, Red Oak, Spencer, Urbandale, and Waterloo.

02 Apr 2019

2019 Entries for Student Holocaust Visual Arts Contest at the Moline Library

By Allan Ross

QUAD CITIES (April 2, 2019) — 

All 25 entries for the Holocaust Visual Arts Contest are now being displayed at the Moline Public Library (3210 41st St, Moline, Illinois) until April 16, and then the entries will be at Rutabaga Art Studio in Geneseo, Illinois.

Please stop by and see the amazing works of our local students.

2019 Winners of "The Meyer and Frances Shnurman Holocaust Visual Arts Contest" are as follows:

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