Workers at Bruegger's Bagels, a nationwide bakery chain, are trying to unionize—and, surprisingly, the effort is starting in Iowa, a state with some of the fewest rights for workers in the country.
Watch an Iowa minor league baseball team in a city near you. Baseball season is upon us, and while Iowa has no Major League Baseball (MLB) teams in residence (unless it's the day they're playing at the Field of Dreams), we've got three minor league baseball (MiLB)...
Check out a semi-pro Iowa baseball game this summer. There's nothing better than catching a baseball game in the summertime. But if you're only catching the minor league Iowa teams, you're missing out on some great talent: The smaller teams, many of them summer...
Q. I’m going to college in another city/state this fall. Can I still vote in Iowa? A. Yes, you can! You just need to be 18 years old by the time of the election, and register with your home address in Iowa. (And make sure you're ONLY voting in Iowa, of course.) If...
Recent Iowa immigrants and allies are still fighting against an Iowa immigration law they say unfairly discriminates against and targets them. Lawyers with the US Department of Justice and the American Immigration Council argued in court Monday that a judge should...
Juneteenth is officially a Monday this year, but events have already started in some places, with many this weekend, and others throughout the month. Check out the list below to find an event near you:
June is LGBTQ+ Pride Month. If you're looking for Pride events in Iowa in 2024, here are 22 of them. The first Pride was in 1970, on the one-year commemoration of the Stonewall Uprising, which happened outside of the Stonewall Inn—a bar in New York City—on June 28,...
How many of these town names do you really know? If you're wondering how European immigrants came up with some of these Iowa town names in the 19th century, and then proceeded to pronounce them the craziest ways you can imagine, read on. Read: Iowa Weird: The...
In trying to prevent Iowans from accessing THC in consumable hemp, Republicans now made it illegal for parents to give their children CBD—for some, the only seizure medication that works. Dallas Center mom Erin Farquhar remembers lobbying Iowa legislators years ago...
The UpLift program not only helped with bills, it helped start businesses, participants in the basic income pilot said—rebuking an Iowa law that banned such programs in the state. People who received $500 per month with no strings attached told their stories...
