This week in the Trump administration’s destruction of public health: Trump told pregnant women to avoid Tylenol, one of the few pain relievers their doctors say is safe.
Despite the nitrates, radon, and pesticides, there are everyday choices you can make to lower your risk of getting cancer.
Rob Sand believes showing up and singing together is anecdote to the political division of the day.
Rob Sand's campaign said it's hit over 65 townhalls this year. At each of them, Sand has been asking people to sing "America the Beautiful."
Starting Line's own Amie Rivers was on CNN Friday, putting the impacts Iowa farmers are feeling from Trump's tariffs on a national stage.
Iowa leads the nation in binge drinking—and faces higher cancer risks because of it.
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Poverty is quite a simple math problem, but the government doesn't want to solve it.
Corn and soybean farmers are sounding the alarm that Trump's tariffs are causing crop prices to plummet, production costs to rise, and overseas trade opportunities to dry up.
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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Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds is fighting to keep her emails secret, and it could change government transparency in Iowa forever. When asked if Lutheran Family Services was a "money laundering operation," Reynolds couldn't give a straight answer - now she's suing the Des Moines Register to hide the emails that prepared her to to respond.
This isn't just about four emails. It's about whether Iowa governors can claim "executive privilege" that doesn't exist in state law.
On this episode of Cornhole Champions, Zachary Oren Smith, Amie Rivers, and Avery Staker break down Reynolds' disastrous Washington testimony, why she's fighting so hard to keep emails hidden, and what this lawsuit means for government accountability in Iowa.
Toss some bags at city-school elections this fall... Iowa's response to Kirk's assassination... And what about Gov. Kim Reynolds' emails?!
Cornhole Champions is a weekly podcast powered by Iowa Starting Line. It’s produced by me and edited by Rebecca Steinberg. Our music is by Avery Mossman and show art by Desirée Tapia. We are a proud member of the Iowa Writers Collaborative.
*SHOW RUNDOWN:*
00:00 Kim Reynolds vs Des Moines Register: The Email Fight
01:30 Iowa Doge Initiative Leads to Washington Disaster
02:30 Reynolds Can't Deny "Money Laundering" Claims on Camera
04:30 What Executive Privilege Actually Means (Spoiler: Not Much in Iowa)
06:00 Legal Precedent at Stake: Future of Government Transparency
07:00 What Could Be So Bad She's Fighting This Hard?
08:30 Government Office Gossip vs. Media Prep: What's Really Hidden?
09:30 Democracy Requires Sunshine, Not Shadows
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