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Amie Rivers
Amie Rivers is Iowa Starting Line's newsletter editor. She writes the weekly Worker’s Almanac edition of Iowa Starting Line, featuring a roundup of the worker news you need to know. Previously, she was an award-winning journalist at the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier; now, she very much enjoys making TikToks and memes and getting pet photos in her inbox.

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WATCH: Why local journalists beat parachute reporters every time (w/ Ty Rushing) – Cornhole Champions #40

Ty Rushing made history as the first Black reporter and editor at eight different Iowa publications, but his journey from breaking barriers to breaking down stories reveals something deeper about the evolution of journalism. From covering northwest Iowa's "playground" of small towns to mentoring the next generation at the University of Iowa, Rushing offers some insight into what shoe leather teaches about the craft.

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Kyle Hoylman, CEO at Protect Environmental, the nation's largest radon contractor, says Iowans' exposure to radon is equivalent to smoking half a pack of cigarettes a day.

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