Iowa Working Class News You Can Use: Iowa’s farmers are left with rising bills and few guarantees as President Donald Trump's second trade war brews—creating a storm of financial pressure in the heart of the state’s farm economy that could ripple beyond 2025,...
A Des Moines Starbucks could be the next Starbucks store to unionize by next month.
Immigration arrests and deportations in Iowa have tripled. You think Iowa is hollowing out now? It's about to get worse.
Iowa Starting Line editor reflects on the loss of her mom to cancer as her brother's family welcomes a new baby.
Here are the most common types of cancer in Iowa in 2025, according to the Iowa Cancer Registry.
From cancer support groups in Iowa, to financial assistance for cancer patients, to wig donations and more, here are some places to start. Many of these places offer services at no charge.
Former Iowa legislator Anesa Kajtazović talks to Iowa Starting Line about her new children's book.
It's happening in Iowa. Pascual Leonardo Pedro-Pedro, 20, of West Liberty, went to a routine annual immigration check-in on July 1—abiding by what the government is asking him to do as an immigrant—and was detained by ICE. Pedro-Pedro was brought to the US as a...
This week's working news you can use: Job Corps cuts hurt Iowa's employment: Despite its success, Ottumwa Job Corps—which offers free education and vocational training for at-risk youth ages 16 to 24—is among the 99 programs the Trump Administration is shutting...
A new Iowa law removing the civil rights of transgender Iowans goes into effect today. Hear from some of the Iowans targeted by the bill. Iowa made history today as the first state to actively remove a previously protected class from its civil rights law, targeting...
