This year’s legislative session has been awash in fearmongering and misinformation about the LGBTQ+ community, and particularly the realities of LGBTQ+ students’ lives. So, instead of allowing adults to define their lives, Starting Line spoke to Iowa youth who are...
Minnette Doderer was a trailblazing politician who served in the Iowa Legislature for 15 years, working on laws that ultimately improved Iowa women’s legal status. Born in 1923, Doderer was born in Holland, Iowa, and graduated from East High School in Waterloo....
An animal rights organization said the need to euthanize nearly 200 puppies and dogs at one Iowa dog breeding site was "highly suspect," particularly as there was no reported disease outbreak or any information about how the dogs were killed. A total of 199 dogs...
Despite the odds stacked against them, House Democrats are still fighting for Iowans' reproductive rights. On Monday, legislators introduced a package of bills to protect reproductive freedom in Iowa by: making birth control available over-the-counter through a...
Sure, you probably know about Iowa's only US President. But did you know his wife was an amazing humanitarian (and cool as hell)? Credited with being the person who started Girl Scout cookie sales nationwide, Iowa native and First Lady Lou Henry Hoover also...
Gates Park and Byrnes Park in Waterloo are one step closer to construction, thanks to a $1 million grant from the Iowa Economic Development Authority. Gates Park will be able to add a splash pad, an inclusion park (a playground accessible to people with...
Thousands gathered in front of the Iowa Capitol in Des Moines on Sunday afternoon to push back on the discriminatory, homophobic laws moving through the Iowa Legislature. Speakers spoke out against bills like the gender-affirming care ban, bills forcing schools to...
Iowa House Republicans introduced a sweeping abortion ban on Tuesday that only allows the medical procedure to be performed under rare circumstances. The 53-page bill does a number of things, including: Defines life at fertilization, and uses the term "unborn...
Last week, Iowa House Republicans teased a bill prohibiting gender-affirming health care for anyone under 18, and on Monday HSB214 was filed and assigned to a judiciary subcommittee. Minors cannot receive gender-affirming care without parental consent, but this...
For over an hour, two Iowa doctors answered questions and corrected disinformation about gender-affirming health care for transgender children. Iowa House Republicans held a hearing Thursday to get answers about how medical providers treat trans children. House...
