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How to Stand Up to Trans Discrimination in Iowa
Share with a friend It’s Mar. 3, 2025. Amie here. It’s gotten pretty bleak for our transgender friends here in Iowa. In this newsletter, Starting Line’s Avery Staker and I are gonna talk about: what just happened, fighting for civil rights when they’re your own, and what we can do about it. 1. Here’s what…
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Why I’ve Been Away
Share with a friend Amie here, and I am attempting to return to writing Starting Line’s newsletters after a month’s hiatus. That’s because, in December, we lost my wife, Shenae. It is deeply painful, the hardest thing I’ve gone through. Her family, friends and I are still going through it all. My guess…
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Thanks for Another Year, Iowa❤️
Share with a friend It’s the Friday news roundup: Dec. 20, 2024. Hey, Iowa Starting Line readers! If you’re a Positively Iowa fan, you might recognize my name. For those of you who aren’t (which… why not?), I’m Starting Line’s social media manager, Avery! I’m helping out with newsletters this week so Amie can…
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🐈⬛ A Childless Cat Lady Wrote This
Share with a friend It’s the Friday news roundup: Aug. 2, 2024. 🐈 I genuinely don’t get why folks like vice presidential nominee JD Vance think childless cat ladies don’t care about our country’s future. As if people need to birth a child to want a better world for future generations? To me, it sounds…
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🥇 Iowans in the Paris Olympics
Your weekly Iowa news roundup Share with a friend It’s the Friday news roundup: July 26, 2024. 🔥 What a week, huh? After a news-filled last couple of weeks, we can all come together as a country and root for Team USA in the Paris Olympics, which kick off today! 🏃 Read up on…
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👨🏫 Ty Is Leaving Us And We Are Not OK
Your weekly Iowa news roundup Share with a friend It’s the Friday news roundup: July 19, 2024. 😢 Today, Starting Line is without its chief political correspondent, newsroom leader, and all-around great guy to work with. Ty Rushing’s last day with Iowa Starting Line was yesterday. He’ll join the University of Iowa faculty in…
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🌞 Baseball, the Best Ice Cream, and Your Guide to the State Fair
Your weekly Iowa news roundup Share with a friend It’s the Friday news roundup: July 12, 2024. Inside baseball: Iowa Rep. JD Scholten was back on the mound this past weekend, as a last-choice fill-in pitcher for the Sioux City Explorers, and the 44-year-old was so good in nearly 7 innings of work that he…
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🍓 Summer Solstice and Strawberry Moon Collide!
Your weekly Iowa news roundup Share with a friend It’s Friday, June 21, 2024. The summer solstice, or longest day of the year—when the North Pole is most tilted toward the sun—was yesterday. But if you’re looking for fun Iowa solstice events, there are a few you can still check out this weekend; read…
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🌈 15 Iowa Pride Fests to Attend
Your weekly Iowa news roundup Share with a friend ICYMI from last night: It’s Friday, May 31, 2024. Hey there folks, it’s Amie, and happy kick-off weekend to Pride Month! 🏳️🌈 Longtime readers of this newsletter probably know I am one of The Gays™. But what you might not know is that, for 10…
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🪿 Iowan Wants to Keep Emotional Support Goose
Your weekly Iowa news roundup Share with a friend It’s Friday, May 17, 2024. 🐶 If you have the time and space, the Animal Rescue League is seeing a puppy surge (130+ more than this time last year), and they’re in need of folks who can foster or adopt them. (Little Village) My dog…
