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This Iowa Rep’s private school is funded by vouchers
Rep. Dean Fisher voted for Iowa school vouchers, then helped found a private school that likely collected $255,616 in taxpayer money its first year.
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New refugee story project aims to bring Iowa’s overlooked immigrant communities into focus
Common Thread Iowa will cover the state’s refugee and immigrant communities — populations its founders say are bigger, and more overlooked, than most Iowans realize.
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Gov. Reynolds asks UIHC to lower cancer bills: Iowa worker news and layoffs for July 23, 2026
Pretty please lower the hospital bills, Gov. Kim Reynolds is apparently asking University of Iowa Health Care after the Des Moines Register found thousands of patients were being charged more for cancer care. UIHC’s response? Take it up with the feds.
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‘Really shocking:’ ICE detained 1,779 Iowans since 2025
Nearly 1,800 Iowans were detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) since 2025, with nearly 90% of them deported, according to a new report from a statewide immigrant advocacy group.
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Hinson says clinic closure talk is ‘lying by omission.’ State records tell another story
Ashley Hinson accused her critics of “lying by omission” about healthcare clinic closures. Then we checked what she left out.
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‘ICE should NOT’: Your letters (July 21, 2026)
“Always go for the owners first and then the bosses second. They love bragging that their success is by their efforts only.”
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Trump admits no evidence Iowa poll was rigged—but wants Selzer’s files anyway
Trump’s lawyers argued in court: the Iowa Poll wasn’t news —it was a product the Register paid for. A judge asked if that logic could chill free speech statewide.
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Pesticide drift could have ruined Iowa farmer’s crop
A Page County farmer’s entire crop may have just been ruined by his neighbor’s pesticide drift—and the only punishment is a slap on the wrist.
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Trump’s push for ID has nothing to do with the election threats Iowa faces
Register to vote, check your registration status, and understand the actual threats to election security heading into 2026. Link in the bio for our voter registration guide. Read the full story on Iowa Starting Line.
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Food, fuel prices still high: Iowa worker news and layoffs, July 16, 2026
Food and fuel costs remain 3.5% higher than they were a year ago, and the average Iowa household has paid an extra $516 on gas since Feb. 28.
