2023
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Veterans Have Until Aug. 9 to Apply for Backdated PACT Act Disability Payments
It’s been nearly a year since President Joe Biden signed the PACT Act into law, expanding access to health care and disability compensation for veterans who were exposed to toxins such as burn pits and Agent Orange during their service. There is no hard deadline to apply for benefits and care under the PACT Act—also…
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Biden Cracks Down on ‘Junk’ Health Insurance Plans That ‘Exploit’ Americans
The Biden administration announced a new set of initiatives on Friday aimed at reducing health care costs for Americans by cracking down on what the president has called “junk” health insurance plans. These short-term plans—which were expanded by the Trump administration in 2018—have been marketed as a more affordable alternative to Affordable Care Act plans.…
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Trump Attacks Kim Reynolds On Truth Social
Just a few weeks ago, Gov. Kim Reynolds issued a public statement in support of Donald Trump after his federal indictment, but now the two Republicans seem to be on the outs after Trump publicly confirmed a rift Monday. On his Truth Social media platform, the former president “truthed” about Reynolds’ public neutrality during the…
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Iowa Attorneys Condemn Impeachment Threats To Justices
The Iowa State Committee of the American College of Trial Lawyers condemns impeachment threats made against Iowa Supreme Court Chief Justice Christensen and Justices Waterman and Mansfield arising from their decision in Planned Parenthood of the Heartland, et al, v. Reynolds, No. 22-2036 (Iowa S.Ct. June 16, 2023). The justices voted to uphold a lower…
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Iowa Doctors Warn Six-Week Abortion Ban Risks Lives
Abortion bans endanger people’s lives and fly in the face of medical science and training. That was the message delivered by Dr. Emily Boevers, an OB-GYN in Waverly; Dr. Francesca Turner, an OB-GYN in Des Moines; and Dr. Jill Meadows, the former medical director for Planned Parenthood of the Heartland during a Friday press conference.…
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8 Iowa Theme Parks for an Unforgettable Summer
Get wild in Iowa this summer with our roundup of adventure and theme parks for every thrill seeker in your crew.
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46 Books to Put on Your Summer 2023 Reading List, According to Our Staff
We asked staffers at Courier Newsroom, Iowa Starting Line’s parent company, to share recommendations for books to read this summer. Here’s what we came up with. Okay, confession: I started gathering information for this story in part because I was looking for book recommendations before I took off on vacation. As you read this, chances…
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In Iowa, Trump Uses Dan Gable To Make Anti-Trans Jokes
Former President and 2024 GOP frontrunner Donald Trump, who is under indictment federally and in the state of New York on unrelated charges, used a Friday event in Council Bluffs to attack transgender people and tied one of those attacks to Iowa wrestling legend Dan Gable. Trump brought up Gable, an Olympic gold medalist from…
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What’s In The Iowa GOP’s New Abortion Ban Bill?
Republicans in the Iowa Legislature have dropped their new six-week abortion ban, which will be heard during the special legislative session starting Tuesday, July 11. The law requires physicians test for “a detectable fetal heartbeat” with an abdominal ultrasound before they perform an abortion. The “fetal heartbeat” is described as “cardiac activity, the steady and…
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8 Tough, Fun, and Wacky Iowa Running Events in 2023
Here are eight fun races over the next few months that are just a little bit off the beaten path.
