The City Council voted 3-2 on Jan. 28 to impose a campaign donation limit of $2,500 — less than half of what California law sets as the default limit. Vargas and Councilmember David Starr Rabb ...

Sharon DeGraw has suspended her campaign to fill the vacant Iowa City City Council seat. DeGraw announced the end of her campaign in a Facebook post on Jan. 24, citing "a personal matter." She ...

The vote resulted in a 4-4 on the proposed ordinance, which, if passed, would set limits of $1,000 per individual for City Council candidates and $2,500 for mayoral candidates.