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Iowa’s 3rd District candidates pitch contrasting plans on affordability
As the anticipated midterm election approaches, affordability has become one of the focuses of the campaign trail for Iowa’s 3rd Congressional District. Trone Garriott argued on the podcast “blind cuts” to federal programs are pushing necessary goods out of reach for many families.
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8 haunted places in Iowa, from the Villisca Axe Murder House to the Black Angel
From the house of an unsolved murder to a cemetery angel surrounded by spooky legends, these haunted places in Iowa offer a mix of eerie history and local lore.
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Josh Turek, Ashley Hinson spar over wealth, missed votes, and Iran in final Iowa Senate debate
Republican Ashley Hinson and Democrat Josh Turek traded sharp attacks over private stock, missed votes, fuel prices and the Iran war in their final debate before Election Day.
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Sand and Lahn clash on school aid, taxes, and data centers in Sioux City debate
Lahn declined to name a school funding number and has no plan yet to pay for ending property taxes, while the two found common ground on data center tax breaks: They don’t like them.
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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.”
