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The Daily Iowan THURSDAY, MAY 2, 2019 THE INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COMMUNITY SINCE 1868 DAILYIOWAN.COM 50¢ INSIDE 80 HOURS The weekend in arts & entertainment Thursday, May 2, 2019 City Council OKs first reading on rental permits Hip-Hop from the Heartland With Iowa City’s rental caps soon to be prohibited by state law, the City Council moves to enact a temporary moratorium on rental permits across the city. BY CALEB MCCULLOUGH reaction to a state law that was passed sity of Iowa area; they are in place to ing nearly an hour, several real-estate [email protected] by both houses of the state Legislature prevent overcrowding and congestion agents, landlords, and homeowners pre- that would prevent cities from enforcing in the areas, the city says. sented objections to the moratorium. On a 7-0 vote, the Iowa City City rental caps in neighborhoods. Since the passing of the new legisla- Most objections to the measure Council approved first consideration of A rental cap is a restriction on the tion, however, the measure will no lon- centered on how it could negatively a controversial moratorium on rental number of rental permits that are given ger be available to the City Council. affect homeowners, property value, permits across the city until March 7, in a certain area. City Hall was packed with around 60 and renters. 2020. The city has rental caps enforced in people to discuss the council’s decision. The moratorium was proposed in several neighborhoods in the Univer- With a public-comment period last- SEE RENTALS, 2A Poetry with a beat: Iowa City’s Fourhip-hop hip-hop artists are developing their artists artistry in the Iowa City area. BY SARAH STORTZ | [email protected] Four“My name is Dr.musical Dawson.” sonartists returned back to Gabe’s togive host and open bookeda largecertain names in hip-hop, with SCOPE Her introduction is immediately followed for CupCakke, two female artists emphasiz- bringing Lizzo for the University of Iowa’s NATIONAL POLITICS by a holler from the audience as she stands ing messages of self-love Homecoming Show and Blue Moose hosting inside Gabe’s. Fitting in with the crowd, Daw- Despite its relatively small population of Chief Keef. son warms up the stage by opening up for her 75,000 or so, Iowa City has garnered vis- The town acts as a hub for several emerging friend who released a first album. While wear- its from notable hip-hop artists. SCOPE has hip-hop artists who deliver their craft for dif- twisting a Chicago Bulls’ to jersey, Dawsontheir premières bookedspoken-word shows starring Kendrick Lamar, Vince ferent typespoetry of crowds in Iowa City. her song “Everything,” which she recorded Staples, and Mac Miller in the past 10 years, Mariah Dawson, otherwise known as DJ that same day, according to its website. Doctor Dawson, said she broke into hip-hop Not long after this performance, Dr. Daw- Throughout the last year, other venues because of love. Coming from Chicago, she by working in a recording studio orSEE HIP-HOP. 3B PHOTO BY KATINA ZENTZ CLOCKWISE FROM TOP RIGHT: DR. DAWSON THE INDIVIDUALIST, ZONE, THE ZEFFSTER “CRITICAL MONEY INC.,” AND YUNG TREY POSE FOR A PORTRAIT IN THE VOXMAN MUSIC BUILDING ON MONDAY. ALL FOUR ARE RAPPERS IN IOWA CITY. On the web On the air Events calendar onGet updates stage. about local arts & Tune in to KRUI 89.7 FM at 5 p.m. on Want your event to be printed in The Daily Iowan entertainment events on Twitter Thursdays to hear about this weekend and included in our online calendar? To submit a 80@DailyIowanArts HOURS,in arts & entertainment. 1B listing, visit dailyiowan.com/pages/calendarsubmit. Biden condemns Trump tax policy, touts working class Former Vice President Joe Biden made his first official 2020 campaign stop in Iowa City on Wednesday. Governor signs children’s mental-health bill Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a bill creating a children’s mental-health system into law on Wednesday, a key piece of her legislative agenda for the 2019 session. The bill, House File 690, establish- es a children’s behavioral-health sys- tem and state board and implement requirements for certain children’s behavioral-health services. UI president: Public/pri- vate partnership could fill funding gap During an information session on Katina Zentz/The Daily Iowan the public/private partnership on Former Vice President Joe Biden, a Democratic presidential-nomination candidate, speaks at Big Grove on Wednesday. Iowa City was the second stop on Iowa Kick-Off Tour for the Wednesday, UI President Bruce Har- Biden campaign. reld highlighted how the agreement could fill the gap in funding the UI’s BY JULIA SHANAHAN Wednesday. national debt. strategic plan. [email protected] Biden called America’s working class the back- “We should be rewarding work, not wealth,” bone of the country. He said he would revise Biden said in Iowa City, echoing his rally for Go to dailyiowan.com Former Vice President Joe Biden condemned Trump’s Tax Cuts and Jobs Act if he were to be working-class families at his Tuesday stop in for the full story. President Trump’s tax policies and rallied for elected. He said the package, signed in December working-class families at Big Grove Brewery on 2017, favored wealthy people and increased the SEE BIDEN, 2A Niemann joins football coaching staff Former Rut- gers defensive coordinator Pulkrabek nixes run Students remind Jay Niemann joined Iowa football’s coaching staff, head for re-election in 2020 regents about coach Kirk Niemann Ferentz announced Wednesday. The longtime defensive coach is an Iowa Sheriff Lonny Pulkrabek will finish up his fourth term in native, and he is the father of former December 2020. Iowa linebacker Ben Niemann and tuition pressure linebacker Nick Niemann. SPORTS, 6A The state Board of Regents gave a first reading on tuition on 6A Wednesday and was asked by University of Iowa to consider the effects the increases will have on students. BY KELSEY HARRELL [email protected] Banks beat goes on After the state Board of Regents unveiled the poten- Iowa baseball head coach Rick Heller tial tuition increases for the next academic year, stu- gained his 200th win at the helm of dent and administrative leaders commended the pre- the program on Wednesday, taking dictability of the multiyear tuition model but asked the down Western Illinois at home. The regents to consider the effects a tuition hike may have offense continued to produce, with freshman Brendan Sher powering on students. the Hawkeyes past the Leather- The regents read the proposed tuition rates for the necks. 2019-20 academic year for the first time during a special meeting on Wednesday. They will take a final vote to set rates in June. Lily Smith/The Daily Iowan On Monday, the regents announced tuition for res- Rep. Mary Mascher, D-Iowa City, introduces Johnson Country Sheriff Lonny Pulkrabek at Big Grove on Feb. ident undergraduates may increase by 3.9 percent for 4, 2018. the next academic year at the University of Iowa and Tune in for LIVE updates Iowa State University. Nonresident undergraduates at Watch for campus and city news, BY BROOKLYN DRAISEY time it ends. Before being elected as sher- the UI may see a 1 percent tuition increase. weather, and Hawkeye sports [email protected] iff, he served almost 20 years as a deputy The regents’ multiyear tuition model establishes a coverage every day at 8:30 a.m. sheriff. baseline range of tuition increases for five years, which at dailyiowan.com. Johnson County Sheriff Lonny Pulkra- “The two sheriffs prior to me — Gary UI Student Government President Noel Mills told the bek has announced via a Facebook post Hughes and Robert Carpenter — both regents allows students to budget for the coming ac- that he will not seek re-election this fall. served 16 years as well,” Pulkrabek said ademic years. She noted that it also places a financial His term will end in December 2020. in his post. “I have come to the conclu- burden on them. Pulkrabek is in his fourth term as sher- iff, and he will have served 16 years by the SEE SHERIFF, 2A SEE REGENTS, 2A 2A NEWS THE DAILY IOWAN | DAILYIOWAN.COM | THURSDAY, MAY 2, 2019 MUMBAI CALLING Volume 150 The Daily Iowan Issue 151 BREAKING NEWS STAFF Phone: (319) 335-6030 Publisher. 335-5788 Email: [email protected] Jason Brummond Fax: 335-6297 Editor in Chief. 335-6030 CORRECTIONS Gage Miskimen Call: 335-6030 Managing Editors Policy: The Daily Iowan strives for accuracy and fairness in the Katelyn Weisbrod reporting of news. If a report is Marissa Payne wrong or misleading, a request for News Editors a correction or a clarification may Kayli Reese be made. Brooklyn Draisey PUBLISHING INFO The Daily Iowan (USPS 143.360) is Sports Editor published by Student Publications Pete Ruden Inc., E131 Adler Journalism Building, Asst. 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