Ty Rushing is the former Chief Political Correspondent for Iowa Starting Line. He is a trail-blazing veteran Iowa journalist, an Emmy-nominated filmmaker, and co-founder and president of the Iowa Association of Black Journalists.
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Iowa Weird: The East Coast Gangster Who Owned A Council Bluffs Dog Track
[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”] [et_pb_row admin_label=”row”] [et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”]Council Bluffs once played host to one of the most famous figures in underground crime. Meyer Lansky, AKA “The Mob’s Accountant,” lived seasonally in the Western Iowa city for a period in the early 1940s while he operated the Dodge Park Kennel Club. The dog-racing track was just east…
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Abortion Will Still Be Legal In Iowa, But Here’s Why That Could Change
Abortion remains legal in Iowa—for now. In Iowa, a woman has the right to an abortion up until about 20 weeks of her pregnancy. A later-term abortion—unless it is “performed to preserve the life or health of the pregnant person”—is considered a Class C felony in Iowa. The rules for a minor female seeking an…
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Hy-Vee Office Employees ‘Offered’ Retail Jobs Are Eligible For Unemployment Benefits
Hy-Vee corporate workers who turn down an “offer” to switch to the retail end of the business will still be able to collect unemployment benefits, according to Iowa Code. The West Des Moines-based grocer ran an ad designed to look like a news article in several major Midwest newspapers Wednesday to announce that 500 corporate…
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Questions Surround Pott. County’s Use Of Rescue Plan Funds For Ski Hill
Pottawattamie County residents want a bigger say in how the county uses federal COVID relief dollars after the board of supervisors used $2 million to purchase a ski hill without public input. Calling themselves the Concerned Citizens of Pottawattamie County, the group made up of residents and activists has hosted town halls in Oakland and…
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Grassley Says He Won’t Support Proposed Voting Rights Legislation
Sen. Chuck Grassley won’t support any currently proposed federal legislation that reforms state election laws. Iowa’s senior Republican US senator made that point clear after being pressed by a constituent during a town hall in Pocahontas on Tuesday. “What about gerrymandering?” Grassley was asked. “As you just acknowledged a while ago, only a handful of…
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Ethanol Advocates Pumped About Biden’s E15 News
Kelly Niewenhuis made the three-hour drive from his O’Brien County farm to Menlo for a good reason Tuesday: The White House invited him. Niewenhuis is president of the Iowa Corn Promotion Board, a board member for the Siouxland Cooperative Energy ethanol plant near Sioux Center, and an unabashed supporter of renewable fuels, the reason President…
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What Is Turning Point USA And Why Are Iowans Concerned About It?
Turning Point USA, a far-right student organization, is branching out to Iowa middle and high schools. This expansion includes new chapters in Mason City Johnston, and Pleasant Valley. Some parents in the Johnston School District recently spoke out against the group, which held a kickoff attended by school board members Deb Davis and Clint Evans,…
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Biden Is Coming Back To Iowa. Here’s What He’s Done For The State, So Far
President Joe Biden is set to visit Menlo, a Guthrie County town about 45 minutes west of Des Moines, to tout his infrastructure investments in rural Iowa, according to the Des Moines Register. Since entering office, the Biden Administration has placed a large emphasis on helping the country recover from the coronavirus pandemic and rebuilding…
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What Is The WARN Act, And Did Hy-Vee Intentionally Circumvent It?
When Hy-Vee unexpectedly dismissed 121 corporate employees in March, some questioned if the West Des Moines company violated the state and federal WARN Act provisions. The grocer got around this accusation by saying it offered 102 of the mostly headquarters and IT employees retail store positions—some of the laid-off workers who spoke to Starting Line…
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New Des Moines Taco Festival Organized By Different Groups Than Last Year’s
While last year’s disastrous Des Moines Taco & Margarita Festival left people feeling shellacked, the Iowa Cubs hope to leave a better taste in festival-goers’ mouths after announcing their own Taco & Margarita Festival on Friday. The I-Cubs festival is slated for July 9 at Principal Park in Des Moines. A lot of people had…
