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Guest post: Iowa CCI launching Public School Strong
Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement is launching “Public School Strong” across Iowa. Here’s what it’s all about.
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Access to birth control in Iowa is down. Here’s why it matters
Studies show Iowans aren’t getting birth control because they don’t have access to a clinic and/or it’s too expensive. That’s not good for people’s health, but there are clinics trying to close that gap.
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Here’s what to know about how we’re covering the 2024 elections
In our efforts to be a local news source you can trust, we wanted to share a little bit about how we’re thinking about our elections coverage this year—and every year, really.
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VIDEOS: Iowa abortion ban’s path to enaction
During the special legislative session in which Iowa lawmakers passed a near-total abortion ban, Iowans plead for their lives in urging lawmakers to vote no. One of those Iowans was Natalie Fixmer-Oraiz, a University of Iowa professor and mother of two, who was told by doctors that another pregnancy would be life-threatening for her. “If…
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Opinion: We must help communities that have been left behind, no matter who wins in November
In this op-ed, Justin Maxson and Sarah Jaynes advocate for prioritizing federal investments to uplift all communities and ensure widespread economic benefits.
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VIDEOS: What motivates Iowans to vote?
Need some motivation to vote in 2024? Watch these. @iowastartingline Need some motivation to vote? Watch this. #iowa #iowanews #iowalife #voting ♬ original sound – Iowa Starting Line Young voters could be the most influential demographic in the 2024 election. So what motivates them? @iowastartingline Young voters could be the most influential demographic in the…
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Two years in, the Inflation Reduction Act is lowering health care costs in Iowa
The Inflation Reduction Act ensured that 15,000 Iowans were able to keep their health insurance, reduced the cost of insulin for nearly 19,000 Iowa seniors, and incentivized manufacturers to invest in the state and create more clean energy jobs.
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Biden-Harris administration’s Medicare drug price negotiations secure $6 billion in savings for taxpayers
The White House estimates that these new prices will lead to around $6 billion in savings for the Medicare program in 2026. The new prices will be anywhere from 38% to 79% lower than the drugs’ list prices last year, saving seniors on Medicare an estimated $1.5 billion in out-of-pocket costs in 2026 alone.
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VIDEO: Iowa kid interviews Kamala Harris
Back in 2019, a group of school-age kids interviewed Kamala Harris about her vision for the presidency for a campaign video. One of those kids was from Ames, and she asked a brilliant question about what the now-presumptive Democratic nominee would do to support the country’s public schools. Watch Harris’s response here. @iowastartingline Back in…
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How to be a poll worker in Iowa
A guide to becoming a poll worker in Iowa. If you’d like to be an election worker in Iowa, the easiest way to do it is to go to pollworker.iowa.gov. There, you can click or tap on the “Become a Precinct Election Official” button and fill out a form. The Iowa Secretary of State’s Office…
