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37 private flights to Kansas while running for Iowa governor

May 19, 2026

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Amie here. Memorial Day came up on us fast! (So did this summer humidity. 🥵)

In this issue: Candidate events and protests, this week’s viral post, and reader soundoff.

Amie Rivers

Newsletter Editor, Iowa Starting Line

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Featured protests and rallies:

📅 Tuesday, May 19

Equal Pay in Iowa: Legal Protections, Challenges, and Pathways to Change: 10:30 a.m., Iowa City Public Library

Pro-democracy, anti-Trump demonstration: 4:15 p.m., the corner of Elmore Avenue and 53rd Street, Davenport

Support Iowans, Not Big Ag—Food Drive and Rally: 6 p.m., Cowles Commons, Des Moines

📅 Wednesday, May 20

Hump Day Holler, Visibility Brigade: 4:30 p.m., 1101 N. Broadway, Council Bluffs

Candidate Forum: DMC Board of Supervisors: 6 p.m., Burlington Public Library

4th Congressional District Candidate Forum: 7 p.m., Council Bluffs Public Library

🪧 Your full list of this week’s rallies and protests →

Zach Lahn could become Iowa’s next governor, but he sure likes spending time in Kansas.

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Marijuana is already in Iowa:

“Iowa’s current approach doesn’t prevent use. It just punishes it. And the people being punished aren’t criminals—they’re workers, parents, veterans, and patients who would rather buy a clearly labeled product than guess what’s in something they got from a friend of a friend. …”