Iowa's Murray Twins Have Basketball in Their DNA
With legacy Hawkeyes Keegan and Kris Murray, the McCaffery brothers, and another Kingsbury on the roster, this year's Iowa men's basketball team feels like family.
A former COVID-19 hot spot avoided economic disaster. But many of its residents are still struggling.
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Exelon Falls From Green Favor as Chief Fights Wind Subsidy
Exelon’s political and environmental allegiances have shifted under Chief Executive Officer Christopher Crane as he confronts cheap natural gas and government-subsidized wind power.
Peace, War, and Basketball: The Story of the 1969-70 Hawkeyes
Dick Jensen, the starting center on arguably the greatest team in Iowa men's basketball history, protected the ball like a newborn, chucking it away only after the buzzer sounded to catch a cheerleader who leapt into his arms.
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Obama Gets Fossil-Fuels Boost After Green-Jobs Revolution Fades
Four years after Barack Obama pledged to promote a green revolution, it's the fossil fuel industry that is leading the U.S. economy's revival.
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Keystone Pipeline Fought by Nebraskans Vowing to Block Re-Route
Bob Allpress describes himself as a “redneck Republican.” The Keystone XL pipeline, he says, has also turned him into an environmental activist.
Former Hawkeye Football Player Bill Perkins is All In on Life
Each higher bid for the Ernie Barnes painting The Sugar Shack gave University of Iowa grad Bill Perkins another opportunity to put his free spending philosophy into practice.
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Uber Case Spotlights a Challenge: When Is a Worker an Employee?
Regulators are trying to determine when a worker is an employee in an economy that increasingly relies on contractors and temporary hires.
Obama Cabinet Flunks Disclosure Test With 19 in 20 Ignoring Law
As Obama nears the end of his term, his administration hasn’t met the lofty goals for government transparency he set in the first days of his presidency.
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Republicans Critical of Solyndra Sought U.S. Coal-Projects Aid
Republicans who criticized the Obama administration for providing U.S. backing to the failed Solyndra sought such federal loan guarantees for cleaner-coal projects they favored.
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Investor Wrong on Solyndra’s Future Was Right About the Uproar
The billionaire campaign fundraiser for President Barack Obama, whose family foundation invested in the solar-panel maker that received $535 million in U.S. loan guarantees, weighed the prospect for a political uproar well before the company collapsed,
Plugged In: Lobbyist Stephen Brown has amassed a huge library of unauthorized live recordings
Brown’s hobby once put him crosswise with the rock band Dire Straits, but such are the hazards of being a bootlegger.