Republican Senate Majority Leader Bill Dix announced this afternoon that he was resigning both from his leadership position and from the Iowa Senate following this morning's publication of a Starting Line article that showed him in what appeared to be a romantic...
A video recently obtained by Iowa Starting Line appears to show Senate Majority Leader Bill Dix in a romantic relationship with a Statehouse lobbyist while out at a Des Moines bar. The evening the two were together happened on Thursday, March 1 at Waveland Tap on...
3rd Congressional District Democratic candidate Austin Frerick will be getting some help from a national organization dedicated to helping elect LGBTQ candidates to office. Run With Pride announced their endorsement of Frerick earlier this week as part of a slate...
Democrats won't have "Senator Sizzler" to kick around anymore. But Democrats' chances of making up ground in the Iowa Senate also got a little harder today with Senator Mark Chelgren's announcement that he wouldn't run for reelection in 2018. Three-time...
Iowa Starting Line Podcast host Pat Rynard speaks with Iowa Safe Schools Executive Director Nate Monson about last night's Rainbow Forum where nine gubernatorial candidates gave their thoughts & opinions on a wide range of LGBTQ issues. Let...
Pat Rynard investigates the ongoing Republican attack on Iowans' voter rights through conversations with Let America Vote executive director Abe Rakov & Democratic candidate for Secretary of State Jim Mowrer on today's episode of the Iowa...
Governor Kim Reynolds wants you to know that Iowa is "Number One." Like, she really, really wants you to know that. Ever since U.S. News & World Report labeled Iowa the best state in the country to live in yesterday, Reynolds' official office, her campaign and...
If you sue your employer after getting injured on the job and fail to win your case, you might end up as a felon under a fraud case thanks to the bill Senate Republicans passed last night. Senate File 2305, floor managed by Senator Jake Chapman of Adel, would...
Republicans in the Iowa House threatened to pull the entire mental health omnibus bill from the floor today to kill debate and a vote on a Democratic amendment on "extreme risk protective orders" that could keep guns out of the hands of potential mass shooters or...
Iowa Starting Line Podcast host Pat Rynard has packed three interviews into today's episode focusing on the increasing involvement of younger Democrats in Iowa, speaking first with Iowa Representative Chris Hall, followed by House District 9...
