The bill, SF2252, would amend the state’s major economic growth attraction, or MEGA program, to include sports stadiums. Currently, the program allows tax incentives for advanced manufacturing, biosciences, or research and development. It’s available for businesses that invest at least $1 billion in Iowa.

Utilities Director Laura Williamson says the city inventoried 4,900 lead and galvanized pipes. She says the first phase of the program will include 400 properties in the vicinity of 4th Street and 16th Avenue.

Jim talks with Moline Mayor Rayapati about the state of the city and what we can expect in this new year.

The Iowa and Illinois American Civil Liberties Union held a virtual informational session on Monday night, February 2nd, regarding municipalities' use of automatic license plate reader (ALPR) cameras.

The city of Moline is continuing to transform itself, according to an optimistic “State of the City” address given Monday morning, February 2nd, by Mayor Sangeetha Rayapati.

Davenport residents wanting to learn more about the ins and outs of municipal operations can apply to the city’s citizens' academy.

Quad Cities Interfaith held a vigil and call to action regarding the federal government’s immigration crackdown and activities by agents of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Friday night, January 30th, at Zion Lutheran Church, Davenport.

Timothy Wu, professor at Columbia Law School and former White Houseadvisor on tech and competition policy, talks about his new book, The Age of Extraction: How Tech Platforms conquered the Economy and Threaten Our Future Prosperity. We discuss the initial promise of the Internet and what went wrong, how tech platforms choked off competition, platform power in health care and housing, the role of "couch lock" and convenience in creating dependency, whether AI will break platform monopoly power or extend it, the implications for our economy and democracy, and recommendations on how to address platform monopoly power.

Unveiling a new “Magnificent Ten” task force for Rock Island, and purple-uniformed police officers are among 2026 goals for Mayor Ashley Harris. In his first “State of the City” address, held Thursday, January 29th, at Bally’s Quad Cities Casino and Hotel, the new mayor praised city accomplishments and addressed its challenges head on.

Davenport’s city council has embraced some of the widespread outrage among Quad City residents over the fatal ICE shootings in Minneapolis by formally asserting its police department’s autonomy in respect to working with federal law enforcement.