Recently, the City of Davenport asked the Iowa Legislature for the power to create a new public safety levy, a tool City Hall says would allow…
Thumbs Up ... to the announcement earlier this week that coronavirus conditions have eased enough to allow limited indoor dining in Region 2, …
Today, Joe Biden will take the oath of office to become the 46th president of the United States.
Eight years after voters in Rock Island County overwhelmingly demanded a smaller county board, it appears members of that oversized panel are …
Thumbs Up ... to the news that the Quad-City International Airport has restored twice daily air service to Denver. The United Airlines flights…
For more than two years the the Elm Street bridge on the east side of Davenport has been closed. The city shut it down in May 2018 because of …
State lawmakers in Illinois and Iowa both convened over the past week to do the business of state government.
It's been nearly a month since the first COVID-19 vaccine was given in the Quad-Cities, and last week we heard, to varying degrees, local publ…
Once per decade, states across the country redraw political boundaries — a process that too often leads to districts that resemble exercises i…
In this historic moment, our nation’s leaders need to be clear: The mob that assaulted the Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, after be…
We fear for our nation.
The new year is less than a week old, and like many we are happy to be free of 2020. But as we offer our traditional editorial expressing our …
Thumbs Up … to the YWCA Quad-Cities’ plans for a new $12 million, 2-story building in downtown Rock Island. On Tuesday, area leaders gathered …
It was a lifetime ago, but we're learning more about the 2020 presidential caucus debacle in Iowa.
Rock Island aldermen gave their pandemic-weary residents a break Monday night – by voting not to raise the property tax rate for the 2021 budget.
We all should be outraged at the hate-filled vandalism perpetrated last week at Temple Emanuel in Davenport.
We're all eagerly awaiting the full rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine, but there was some separate news last week about vaccines that ought to w…
Rita Hart’s decision to go to the U.S. House of Representatives to challenge the result in Iowa’s ultra-close 2nd District congressional race …
Thumbs Up ... to Scott County Planning and Development Director Tim Huey, who plans to retire in January after 25 years on the job.
In the month since Election Day, voters in Iowa’s 2nd Congressional District have watched the race between Republican Mariannette Miller-Meeks…
Perhaps like no other year in recent memory, we've learned in 2020 just how vulnerable we all are.
We all know that 2020 has been an immensely challenging year.
Thumbs Up … to Bob Vogelbaugh for once again proving he is "Mr. Thanksgiving" of the Quad-Cities. Vogelbaugh and his team of volunteers once a…
Every congressman, every senator — the president of the United States — each and every one of them should be forced to sit with the stack of l…
Thumbs Up … to the Democrats in the Illinois House who have spoken up so far and said they won’t vote for Mike Madigan for another term as speaker.
Friday was a big day in the Quad-Cities.
Thumbs Up ... to the Illinois Supreme Court for selecting Robert Carter, an appellate judge, to replace the departing Supreme Court Justice To…
