"And that spirit was the Hodag..."
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It started in the back seat of my family’s Jeep Cherokee, the one with the broken AC and vinyl seats that stuck to my thighs in the late summer heat. After school we would wait, all the doors flung open, for my dad to get off work. My mother reading in the front...
Students across the country benefit from the Department of Education. A Des Moines special education teacher said her elementary kids are going to pay the price for the president's latest executive order to defund its programs.
Angry constituents greeted Sen. Chuck Grassley at a town hall in North Iowa on Friday morning.
Is Mothman the reincarnated Van Meter Visitor?
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It's a bird! It's a plane! It's Iowa's very own cryptid, the Van Meter Visitor!
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The Iowa Disability Film Festival is stepping into the spotlight this March, bringing films that center disability to the big screen.
In 24 hours, Republicans in both chambers passed a bill that takes away an Iowa city’s ability to prefer contracts with established training programs for taxpayer funded projects. Iowa Republicans passed a controversial bill this week stopping local governments...
Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota was in Des Moines last week. But while the crowd was excited to see him, they seemed as excited about who didn’t show up. Des Moines sits in US Rep. Zach Nunn’s congressional district, and he’s among a crowd of Republican who are choosing to skip out on public town halls.
This week on Cornhole Champions, host Zachary Oren Smith talks through whats to gain and whats to lose as these splashy events fall out of favor among Republicans. Join the conversation with Iowa Starting Line’s Amie Rivers and Avery Staker as they break down some the nonsense that’s been going down at the Iowa Legislature.
Links:
1. Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz criticizes US Rep. Zach Nunn for skipping out on public town halls (Iowa Starting Line): https://iowastartingline.com/2025/03/18/votevets-targets-nunn/
2. Chemtrail bill amended with Bigfoot study (Iowa Legislature website): https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/BillBook?ga=91&ba=H-1071
3. Iowa Democrats push to end insider trading and add term limits (Iowa Starting Line): https://www.instagram.com/reel/DHB6DP2KX0o/?igsh=djZ5bzljaTdlYW95
Guest:
Megan Goldberg is an assistant professor of American politics at Cornell College.
Would rather be playing Uno tbh
