The Iowa House passed a bill Monday that would allow anyone to use archived footage from Iowa PBS—regardless of copyright—for independent projects, even though doing so could cost the state a lot of money and raises legal concerns. The bill is the result of former...
March 15 marks National Equal Pay Day in America—the date that symbolizes how far into the calendar year women must work in order to earn what men earned in the previous year. While Equal Pay Day arrived earlier than it has in its 26-year history—a sign that...
Leaders in the Des Moines Latino community called for more resources, more attention, and more support for the community during a Friday press conference to discuss a shooting that happened outside of East High School Monday afternoon. Six teenagers have been...
Long overdue improvements to the US Postal Service (USPS) passed the US Senate on Tuesday, bringing the promise of stability and reform to a service that has struggled financially for years. Though the bipartisan vote didn't receive much local news coverage, the...
Whether or not the Johnston School Board should approve a petition to start a Turning Point USA chapter in the district was the biggest talking point during Monday's meeting, continuing the months-long debate on the matter. The request was brought by Johnston...
Gavy Smith started playing sports so she could spend time with her friends and learn new things. “I enjoy just spending time with my friends and just like the community of it all, and just being able to play on a team and have those people that you can count on,”...
Iowa Senate Republicans passed HF 2416 on Wednesday, a bill that bans transgender girls from playing school-sponsored sports entirely. The measure passed along party lines, 31-17, and will more than likely be signed by Gov. Kim Reynolds. The main argument...
Tuesday night, Gov. Kim Reynolds gave the Republican rebuttal to President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address. She mostly filled that rebuttal with national GOP talking points, which a lot of Democrats jumped on as they reacted to her speech....
There's a new potential solution for Iowa's shortage of substitute teachers: unpaid volunteers. The Iowa Senate passed a bill Monday to allow school districts to accept volunteer substitute teachers to help with the shortage of paid teachers and substitutes in the...
In 1900, something special started to grow in Southeast Iowa and it developed into a paradise for Black Americans. For 27 years Buxton, Iowa, served as a racial utopia where segregation was not officially or socially enforced. Black citizens had the same...
