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WATCH: What Rob Sand’s singing town hall ritual says about Iowa
Rob Sand believes showing up and singing together is anecdote to the political division of the day.
WATCH: Rob Sand leads town halls in singing ‘America the Beautiful’
Rob Sand's campaign said it's hit over 65 town halls this year. At each of them, Sand has been asking people to sing "America the Beautiful."
WATCH: Iowa farmers suffer from Trump’s tariffs – Amie Rivers on CNN
Starting Line's own Amie Rivers was on CNN Friday, putting the impacts Iowa farmers are feeling from Trump's tariffs on a national stage.
WATCH: Iowa leads the nation in binge drinking and cancer—and they’re related
Iowa leads the nation in binge drinking—and faces higher cancer risks because of it. Subscribe to our newsletter for more editions of "The Hot Spot:...
WATCH: Iowa public defender says she had to shoplift to feed her family
Poverty is quite a simple math problem, but the government doesn't want to solve it.
WATCH: Farmers are suffering from Trump’s tariffs
Corn and soybean farmers are sounding the alarm that Trump's tariffs are causing crop prices to plummet, production costs to rise, and overseas...
