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Latina workers rare bright spot in employment: Iowa worker news and layoffs, Oct. 15, 2026
While Black, white, and Latino employment rates are flattening or even declining in recent months, the rate for Latinas continues to grow.
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For one Ottumwa couple, the road to healthcare keeps getting longer
For one Ottumwa couple, insurance helps pay the bills, but getting specialty care still means hours on the road as local clinics continue to close or reduce services.
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Waterloo’s Black-owned businesses aren’t getting help from DC
Waterloo’s small business owners are struggling. I asked whether they’d ever gotten help—or even heard from—their senators or representative in Washington, DC.
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Texts show Lahn’s campaign was warned about Derek Wulf’s debts on day one
What did Zach Lahn’s campaign know about Derek Wulf’s money problems, and when? Texts obtained by Iowa Starting Line show a Lahn field director was warned about Wulf’s lawsuits the day he was picked. Three days later, a conservative lobbyist asked whether Bobby Kaufmann was ‘a possibility’ for lieutenant governor. The staffer replied, ‘Yes he…
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No student test results yet? Your letters, Oct. 13, 2026
“My theory is that private schools tested poorly and they want to keep this under wraps until after the election. Has there been any information?”
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Rob Sand vows to keep taking summer EBT as Iowa pantry need grows
Asked at a Coralville pantry roundtable whether Iowa would stay in the federal summer EBT program, the Democratic nominee for governor said, “We’ll keep taking it.”
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Iowa family did everything ‘right’—but the bills keep rising
Des Moines-area resident Sean Dengler says price increases have affected him and his family.
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Bohannan wants Iowa towns to have the final say on data centers
Christina Bohannan says no data center should come to an Iowa town over local opposition. Her platform also targets utility monopolies and expands clean energy to lower bills.
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Christina Bohannan on jobs: More childcare and housing, fewer tariffs
Bohannan—who’s challenging Mariannette Miller-Meeks in Iowa’s 1st Congressional District—says the Lee County steel deal was rushed. Her own plan for creating jobs leans on childcare, housing, and ending tariffs.
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Where Nunn and Trone Garriott stand on key issues in Iowa’s 3rd Congressional District
Iowa’s 3rd Congressional District covers 21 counties in central and southeastern Iowa, anchored by Des Moines and Polk County. Rated as a competitive toss-up race by various election forecasters, incumbent Republican Representative Zach Nunn faces Democratic nominee Sarah Trone Garriott in a high-stakes campaign for the seat.
