2023
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Group to give away banned books in Sergeant Bluff, Sioux City this weekend
Annie’s Foundation, a nonprofit group started by Iowans to spread the word about book banning and give those books away, is hitting the road—and coming to Western Iowa for the first time.
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Two years in, here’s what Biden’s infrastructure law has done for Iowa
In Iowa, $4 billion in funding has been announced, with over 250 specific infrastructure projects identified for funding. Approximately $3 billion will go to transit upgrades, and over $200 million for clean water and water infrastructure.
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Trump wants to use internment camps and calls opponents ‘vermin,’ evoking Hitler and Mussolini
Trump’s plans and rhetoric suggest a second term would represent one of the darkest chapters of American life—one that looks increasingly likely as polls show Trump in a toss-up race with President Joe Biden.
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From Queersgiving to Friendsgiving, 8 free Thanksgiving meals around Iowa
Thanksgiving is traditionally a time for a meal at home with family. But if you want to break bread with your community, plenty of places in Iowa offer that, too. So if you’re looking for a free community meal, courtesy of the kindness of your fellow Iowans, here are eight around Iowa coming up. A…
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Reproductive health care in Iowa ‘not going anywhere’
While the abortion landscape across the country has changed dramatically since the overturn of Roe v Wade, Francine Thompson is confident abortion care isn’t going anywhere. “I’ve been here for 36 years, and there’s been a number of challenges—and a number of potential threats—to not being able to provide abortion over those years,” Thompson said.…
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How a Republican-led government shutdown would affect you
If a shutdown occurs, travelers could face delays at airports, millions of workers would go without paychecks, and public safety, disaster preparedness and response, and food and safety inspections could also be affected.
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Moms for Liberty’s far-right agenda rejected by voters
The “extremist” group Moms for Liberty backed more than 130 candidates during this election cycle, but an overwhelming majority lost their races as parents pushed back on the organization’s far-right agenda for public education.
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Biden vows to keep fighting for workers during stop at union auto plant
President Joe Biden said tentative contracts between the United Auto Workers union and the Detroit Three are “changing the face of the country” by promising better wages and benefits, and creating thousands of new jobs.
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Biden celebrates abortion rights wins in elections, calls for restoration of Roe
These wins indicate that reproductive rights remain a potent issue for voters heading into the 2024 presidential election.
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State asks Iowa Supreme Court to reinstate six-week abortion ban
Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird filed a brief with the Iowa Supreme Court on Wednesday asking the justices to dissolve the injunction on the six-week abortion ban passed by Republicans in July. “The State respectfully asks this Court to adopt the rational basis test for laws protecting unborn life and to find that abortion providers…
