Iowa City's Winter A Mild One So Far By Historical Standards: Iowa City Daily News Links, March 6

It's weird that all this snow will probably have melted by Sunday.

On to the Links!

Iowa City is seeing a mild winter in terms of total snowfall historically, writes Luke Voelz of the Press-Citizen.

Gregg Hennigan writes that Iowa Citians will again be able to sign a petition against red-light traffic cameras.

Tara Bannow of the Iowa City Press-Citizen writes that the University of Iowa is changing its conflict of interest policy to clarify for employees what is expected.

Adam Sullivan of the Iowa City Press-Citizen writes that the Iowa City School District's budget will depend on how much funding from the state it gets. The problem is that support is not yet known.

Grassley: I’ll tweet something very dramatic very soon. (Des Moines Register)

A group founded by Gabby Giffords is running ads in support of background checks in Iowa. (Des Moines Register)

Jennifer Jacobs of the Des Moines Register writes that a chain e-mail is circulating through the Iowa Republican party that seems to hold some bitterness towards the party establishment from a Libertarian perspective. This was downplayed by new Iowa GOP chair A.J. Spiker.

Anti-bullying legislation wins preliminary approval in the House. (Des Moines Register)

Young undocumented immigrants could pay resident tuition if a bill in the Iowa Senate passes. (Des Moines Register)

A bill in the Iowa House is asking that special panels review medical malpractice lawsuits before they go to trial. (Des Moines Register)

A bill requiring more Board of Regents transparency has advanced in the Iowa Senate, but without some key parts. (Des Moines Register)

A bill barring tele-administration of abortion drugs has passed in a Iowa House Subcommittee. (Des Moines Register)

An amendment prohibiting same-sex marriage has been introduced in the House, but it has little chance of going anywhere. (Des Moines Register)

Iowa City has released its new comprehensive plan and is taking public input on it. (Press-Citizen)

Daily Links Featured Excerpt of the Day:

Iowa City residents Aleksey Gurtovoy and Martha Hampel are leading an effort to try to force the City Council to either repeal the city ordinance allowing traffic-enforcement cameras or to put the matter to a public vote. No cameras are up yet.

Opponents need the signatures of at least 2,500 registered Iowa City voters by early April as part of the petition process.

But even with a successful petition, the City Council may not have to act. The City Attorney’s Office has said city law requires another year to pass before the ordinance can be revisited, although Gurtovoy and Hampel have argued otherwise.

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