From artists to bakers and even Taylor Swift fans, Iowa’s entrepreneurs are worth investing in, and they’ve got the best gifts this holiday season.
Once cold weather hits, these 10 small towns in Iowa transform into winter wonderlands that offer seasonal fun for the whole family.
Drake University will offer full tuition to Iowa students with two initiatives: Bulldog Promise and Bright College Pathway.
With the holidays fast approaching, Iowans have plenty of ways to celebrate an array of traditions. Here are the best holiday events happening in Iowa this year.
Breakups are tough. But this list of fun activities in Des Moines can help take your mind off the heartache.
When the Iowa Legislature returns to Des Moines in January, the chambers will only have gotten redder. Iowa Democrats did not have many successes this November. Meanwhile, Republicans expanded their majorities. The Iowa Senate will have a 35-15 Republican majority; the House will have a 67-33 majority.
On this episode of Cornhole Champions, host Zachary Oren Smith spoke to House Minority Leader Jennifer Konfrst, a Democrat from Windsor Heights, about what levers of power are available to the minority.
Iowa Starting Line’s community editor Amie Rivers joins to talk about Iowa’s refusal to make use of existing support for hungry Iowans and new data on abortion in Iowa.
Cornhole Champions is a weekly podcast powered by Iowa Starting Line with music by Avery Mossman. We are a member of the Iowa Writers Collaborative. For more, check out its roundup of local writers.
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1. Hundreds of Iowans had additional barriers to clear before they could vote this year. And a survey of nearly every county auditor found that the majority of people who came into vote were eligible to vote (The Des Moines Register): https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/11/26/iowa-secretary-of-state-paul-pate-challenged-voter-citizenship-how-many-voted-election-2024/76432448007/
2. The Iowa Hunger Coalition and other anti-hunger advocates called on Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds to apply for Summer EBT after the federal government rejected her alternate program (Iowa Starting Line): https://iowastartingline.com/2024/11/25/summer-ebt-iowa/https://iowastartingline.com/2024/11/25/summer-ebt-iowa/
3. The new data show a monthly average of 400 clinician-provided abortions in Iowa in the first six months of 2024. After the six-week ban went into effect on July 29, the number of abortions dropped to an estimated 250 in August, a decrease of 38% from the average over the first six months of the year (The Guttmacher Institute): https://www.guttmacher.org/news-release/2024/iowa-had-nearly-40-drop-clinician-provided-abortions-first-month-six-week-ban
Rep. Jennifer Konfrst of Windsor Heights is the House Minority Leader in the Iowa Legislature.
The Iowa Hunger Coalition and other anti-hunger advocates called on Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds to apply for Summer EBT after the federal government rejected her alternate program.
Investing in small businesses helps foster community resilience and promote local economic growth, especially during the holidays.
Abortions are down 40%, but travel out of state has increased 159%, nearly four months into Iowa's near-total abortion ban.
Iowa Republicans' decision to restrict DEI programs means the loss of one university's LGBTQ+ center, where students have found friendship and safety to be themselves for decades. When Madison O. visited the suite of offices that make up the Center for LGBTQIA+...
