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
More like "Make America Sick with Preventable Diseases Again."
Read more here: https://iowastartingline.com/2024/10/31/maha-trump-rfk/
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Watch Rep. Aime Wichtendahl (D-Hiawatha), Iowa's first trans state lawmaker, speak at One Iowa's LGBTQ+ Day on the Hill.
Check out these informative and fun behind-the-scenes factory tours across the state of Iowa.
My dad raised us to work hard and do good for our families, but he was also going to make damn sure we didn’t step on anyone else along the way.
A veterans voter education group is going after US. Rep. Zach Nunn in a new campaign over the Trump administration’s sweeping cuts to the US Department of Veterans Affairs. Progressive veterans group VoteVets is launching an ad campaign calling on Republican US...
Iowa Republicans want to *checks script* stop chem trails...🤨
Listen here: https://cornholechampions.substack.com/p/usda-cuts-food-iowa-legislature
