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Swisher voters approved a 1 percent local-option sales tax in a special election Tuesday.Voters approved the sales tax by 75 percent. The tax needed 50 percent approval to pass.

Oliver Weilein won the Iowa City Council special election Tuesday with 60 percent of the votes cast, according to unofficial results.

Past property tax legislation may lead to future financial pressures, North Liberty City Manager Ryan Heiar says.

Iowa City City Manager Geoff Fruin called this year’s city budget “the most difficult” since he joined the city in 2016. The city is projecting a deficit of $2.8 million in its general fund, which it will cover using general fund reserves.

The Planning and Zoning Commission voted 6-1 in favor of required rezoning. It now goes to the City Council.

In-person early voting for the special election to fill a vacancy on the Iowa City Council is available at the Johnson County Auditor’s Office.

County bought 15-unit Iowa City property for $1.7 million in summer of 2024

The senator from Vermont spoke to hundreds at Iowa City’s Englert Theater Saturday morning.

Freidhof, who has worked for Johnson County’s conservation department since 2002, succeeds director Larry Gullett, who died last year.

Over 77 percent of voters in the county approved the measure, which needed 60 percent approval to pass. This was the second time that Johnson County voters approved a conservation bond — in 2008, voters approved a $20 million bond. The bonds are paid off through property taxes.

The repairs, which consultants estimate could be done within the year, do not address any of the space needs of the jail and sheriff’s office. County officials have said for years that the facility is crowded and unsafe for both inmates and staff.

Voters approved the 1 percent tax in 2014 that will expire in June

In-person early voting starts Thursday to fill vacant District C in the March 4 general election.