Some Jefferson Elementary School families in Muscatine are moving into a new housing triplex for families who are seeking affordable housing at the corner of Orange and Fifth Streets next week, March 16th.

Visit Quad Cities is making it easier for people with physical challenges to learn how area attractions are becoming as accessible as possible, working with Wheel the World.

The Iowa American Civil Liberties Union is advocating for automatic license plate reader guardrails, citing the history of vendor errors and differing law enforcement policies. Two bills passed out of the Transportation and Judiciary Committees await further consideration in the full house, with the second funnel deadline approaching.

A nonprofit organization in Rock Island is receiving over $1.8 million in federal funding to aid its Head Start program, which provides Pre-K children with early education.

Nearly two years after opening its new downtown Rock Island facility, the YWCA Quad Cities is getting ready at its old building blocks away to open a state-licensed group home for youth who have been removed from their families due to abuse, neglect or other circumstances.

Attention hunters and fishers! Every year bald eagles suffer and die as a result of lead poisoning from uninformed hunters. This year, however, there has been an alarming increase in the number of eagles found with this condition. In reference to an article recently published by The Des Moines Register, Iowa bird rescue Saving Our Avian Resources (acronym SOAR) have treated 14 eagles with lead poisoning so far this year when usually their numbers are 5 or 6 this time of year.

Jim talks with Beth Richardson, Canadian Counsul General in Minneapolis, about the increasing tension between the US and Canada. Jim also talks with Joseph Patrick Dooley of the St. Patrick Society of the Quad Cities about the St. Patricks Grand Parade that spans Rock Island and Davenport.

Davenport North senior Hunter Morrow is the 2026 recipient of the Dr. Thomas Anthony Dooley Memorial Scholarship, awarded annually by the Davenport Community School District Scholarship Selection Committee and QC Community Foundation.

Jared Abbott, director of the Center for Working Class Politics, talks about the realignment of working class voters to the Republicans and Trump, how Democrats can win them back, the importance of proper messaging and language, the tie between economic and cultural issues, and presidential candidates with the most appeal to working class voters.

The new Moline City Services Center, at 1830 6th Ave., formerly home to Bethany for Children & Families, is now home to the Parks & Recreation Department and the Community & Economic Development Department.