May 2023

We asked you to name a teacher who impacted your life, and got these wonderful stories (plus added our favorites!):

The once white-hot housing market may finally be starting to cool, but it’s not a buyers’ market just yet. What the shortage of U.S. homes for sale means ahead of peak homebuying season.

Some student workers at Grinnell College are on strike as of Wednesday to raise wages and to create better on-the-job discrimination and harassment protections for all student workers. The strike began Wednesday after Grinnell, a private college in Poweshiek County, refused to meet workers’ demands, according to students. It affects only community advisors at Grinnell,…

Krystal Colbert, a teacher for 16 years who works at Mitchellville Elementary School, is Iowa’s Teacher of the Year for 2023.

Searching for a Mother’s Day gift can be terrible. We decided to shop by love language—and found these gems.

“All of our students have hopes and dreams, but don’t understand how to get there. That’s what we do. We give them the support system and skills to work through life.”

The list of catastrophic legislation that the Republican Party has imposed on the people of Iowa is lengthy: 

As early as June 1, the United States could default on its debt for the first time ever, sending the economy into complete free fall, causing millions of hard-working Americans to lose their jobs and decimating retirement accounts. This outcome, which becomes more likely with each passing day, has been made possible by the actions…

Eight Iowa students have been chosen as semifinalists for the US Presidential Scholars program, a prestigious honor recognizing some of America’s most talented students.