The Trump administration has cut $2.7 billion from NIH funding, canceling hundreds of research grants nationwide. These cuts will slow cancer research, limit access to lifesaving care, and weaken Iowa’s ability to respond to those in need.
2,000 nurses at UnityPoint Health are unionizing in what is considered the largest union effort in Iowa's history. They're also facing a multimillion-dollar union-busting campaign.
On this episode of Cornhole Champions, Zachary Oren Smith sits down with the co-hosts of "Blooming After Grooming" to explore how a predator moved from Iowa to Illinois after a relationship ended, and how state laws either support or fail survivors seeking accountability.
Yet another one of Iowa’s members of Congress was caught in a major gaffe. Here’s what to take away from this one.
Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks told Johnson County Republicans at an August meeting that she would hold a town hall “when hell freezes over.”
A video of the full meeting was uploaded to YouTube, but the county party took the video down this week.
GOP congressional leaders told members in March not to hold public town halls, Politico reported. Constituents have been asking Rep. Miller-Meeks to go against party bosses.
The congresswoman has opted for closed door meeting with select groups instead of public town halls with her constituents.
Several of Shannon Huey's family members have had cancer, many at young ages. Though genetics and personal choices can play a role in cancer risk, she thinks her family's long list of diagnoses means there's more to the story.
Over the last few weeks, our team has been drawing connections between pesticide usage, nitrate-contaminated water, a severe lack of regulations, and our state's cancer crisis. The reaction may be to freeze or flight, but the one that will make things better is fight.
How are you fighting for Iowa's environment? How can we build a system that values humans and nature over profit? Send us your videos of the actions you take or post them with #IowaActs to inspire other Iowans to do the same.
Corporations have plenty of strategies for manipulating government regulations, but how does it impact the governed?
On the latest episode of Cornhole Champions, investigative journalist Carey Gillam answers your question on how Big Ag is casting Iowans' health aside to make a profit.
Watch here: https://youtu.be/fovhopStD0c?si=E3tOIxZeh_CeCsmU
Parade attendees expressed their frustration amid immigration crack downs in Iowa.
Hundreds of students in Iowa’s largest school district walked out of class to protest Superintendent Dr. Ian Roberts’ immigration arrest last week.
