Iowa has a crisis for mental health care. That was the consensus of three Democratic candidates for statewide office. Thursday evening the National Association of Social Workers, Iowa Chapter and the Grand View University Social Work Club hosted a town hall for the...
Today marks the grim anniversary of rioters storming the United States Capitol to halt the democratic tradition of counting electoral votes and a peaceful transfer of power. The insurrectionists weren’t successful, but Senate candidate and retired admiral Michael...
Though he ended his campaign for governor Wednesday morning, Rep. Ras Smith, is ready to jump feet-first into the start of the legislative session next week. “For me this experience has been one that’s been eye-opening but it’s not discouraging. Disappointing but...
Wednesday morning, Rep. Cindy Axne met with mayors in and around the Des Moines metro to discuss how to get more bang for their buck out of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. For the most part, every mayor and city manager mentioned how projects they want...
The Biden Administration recently announced moves to break up consolidation in the meatpacking industry and bring meat prices back under control. Monday, the Biden Administration announced it will invest $1 billion to expand independent meat processors, increase...
Despite continued, loud criticism coming from Iowa conservatives, the supply chain problems created by the pandemic in the U.S. are starting to ease. Most experts say these issues have existed for a long time. The COVID-19 pandemic made them worse. They say most of...
With 2021 coming to a close, the Starting Line team is taking a look back at some of our favorite stories and accomplishments from this year. The following are my favorite pieces I wrote this year—not ranked in any way, just the order in which I thought of them....
According to Sen. Joni Ernst throughout the past two months, Christmas this year has been ruined. https://twitter.com/SenJoniErnst/status/1468603637949935618 https://twitter.com/SenJoniErnst/status/1470792969502564352 Our Republican junior senator suggested waiting...
Support for legalized marijuana is only getting higher in Iowa as Democratic legislators want to give voters the chance to make it happen. Iowa Senate Democrats announced Tuesday they will move to pass an amendment to the Iowa Constitution to regulate marijuana...
When the infrastructure bill passed the House of Representatives in November, it did so with only one House vote from Iowa: Rep. Cindy Axne (D). However, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act made it to President Joe Biden's desk and became law Nov. 15. And...
