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BREAKING: Kim Reynolds Won’t Run for Reelection
Share with a friend It’s Friday, Apr. 11, 2025. Amie here, interrupting your Friday with some breaking news: Gov. Kim Reynolds just announced she won’t seek reelection to a third term. She’s been governor of Iowa since 2017, when Gov. Terry Branstad tapped her (as his lieutenant governor) to succeed him after he…
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🗣️ ‘Start Doing the Right Thing, Chuck’
Share with a friend It’s Friday, Apr. 11, 2025. 🗣️ It’s Friday: Time for the Reader Sound-Off, where our main export is tariff-free hot takes! But first, here’s the Pet Photo of the Week: These are Jet and Ruby, “new puppies added to the family” in February, says reader Bonnie A. Trying to disguise…
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Please, we want to hear your opinion
We want this newsletter to continue to be something you look forward to arriving in your inbox every day Dear reader, As a valued member of our newsletter community, hearing from you is incredibly important to us. We know you’ve got other options for news in Iowa, and we want this newsletter to continue to…
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🗣️ ‘Who Wants Their TP Hanging Against the Wall?’
Share with a friend It’s Friday, Apr. 4, 2025. 🗣️ TGIF: Time for the Reader Sound-Off, where you get your say! But first: We’re bringing back the Pet Photo of the Week! I’ll start running them weekly on Fridays with your letters, so keep sending your pet photos my way! This guy with the sun…
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🗣️ ‘This Bill is Bulls—‘
Share with a friend It’s Friday, Mar. 28, 2025. 🗣️ TGIF: Time for the Reader Sound-Off, where we share some of the feedback you all have sent me directly. But before I do, I wanted to thank you all for your donations to our fundraising drive! We had hoped to raise $2,000 from…
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🗣️ ‘More People Will Be Living Hand to Mouth’
Share with a friend It’s Friday, Mar. 14, 2025. 🗣️ It’s Friday: Time for the Reader Sound-Off, where we share some of the feedback you all have sent me directly. Keep it coming! Share your thoughts here 💗 But first, some Positively Iowa news: 💗 🐶 Iowa has a dog in the fight:…
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What’s the Iowa Legislature Up To Now?
Share with a friend It’s Mar. 11, 2025. Amie here, and we’re bringing you the highlights from this week in the Iowa Republican-dominated statehouse! Q: How is our politics update different from all the other politics updates? A: We’re not afraid to call a dumb bill a dumb bill. Maybe that doesn’t…
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🗣️ ‘This is truly a dark time’
Share with a friend It’s Friday, Mar. 7, 2025. Amie here. We here at Iowa Starting Line do a lot of spouting off. Now, it’s your turn: It’s the Friday Reader Sound-off! 🗣️ 💗 But first, some Positively Iowa news: 💗 🎨 Painting it forward: For cash-strapped families and nonprofit organizations, a…
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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…
