Iowa lawmakers are racing to cut property taxes. One proposal would take funding powers away from your local school board. Iowa lawmakers say they want to cut your property taxes. That part's easy to promise. The hard part is deciding how to do it and what services...
Property taxes. Cancer fighting funding. And over the counter Ivermectin? Zachary Oren Smith tuned in to Gov. Kim Reynolds' Condition of the State address. Here's what you missed.
The US has intervened in Venezuela. Nathan Sage, a Marine and Army vet, says wars are costly, funding that could go toward helping people living here.
Which side are you on?
Political correspondent Zachary Oren Smith was at the ICE Out for Good rally in Iowa City. He talks about Renee Good’s last words and what we should learn from them.
Renters pay property taxes—it's just hidden in your rent.
In 2013, Iowa gave apartment owners a tax break with a promise: they'd pass savings to renters. 12 years later? That never happened.
Now Democrats are proposing $500 rebates for renters. But will renters actually get relief in a state that bans rent control and where Republicans run the show?
CONTENT WARNING: this video contains the clip of an ICE agent shooting and killing Renee Nicole Good. Viewer discretion is advised.
An ICE agent shot and killed a 37-year-old woman in Minneapolis on Wednesday. The Trump administration is already spreading lies about what unfolded, which was recorded on camera.
A 29-year-old from Cedar Falls wants to see younger voices represented in Des Moines. Drew Stensland is running for Iowa House District 75.
Iowa Republicans stripped the state auditor of their powers after a Democrat won the office. With the seat up for grabs in November, is there interest in restoring the auditor’s ability to investigate corruption in government?
Iowa politicians are sharply divided after the Trump administration used military force over the weekend to bomb Venezuela and abduct Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, flying them to the US to face narcoterrorism charges. Statements from Iowa's...
November 1st marks the start of ACA open enrollment — and this year, it's one of the most unaffordable and uncertain periods we've seen. Republicans refuse to come to the table and extend subsidies that have made health care more affordable for 140,000 Iowans.
On Cornhole Champions, host Zachary Oren Smith sat down with Chase Seibert and Liz Fleming to talk about how this is part of a bigger story of taking away resources form normal people.
Cornhole Champions is a weekly podcast powered by Iowa Starting Line with music by Avery Mossman and show art by Desirée Tapia. We are a proud member of the Iowa Writers Collaborative.
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0:00 – ACA open enrollment starts November 1st: what you need to know
1:00 – Chase and Liz on being self-employed and relying on the ACA
3:00 – Why the ACA is a Band-Aid solution (but losing it makes things worse)
4:00 – Amber Gustafson's story: paying out of pocket before the ACA
6:00 – Republicans shut down the government over healthcare subsidies
7:30 – Premiums are jumping 114% when subsidies expire
9:00 – The false choice: "illegal alien healthcare" vs feeding kids
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