Newsletters
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Investigating Iowa’s growing cancer rate
First edition of our new series, The Hot Spot Share with a friend It’s Tuesday, June 22, 2025. Amie here. You’re reading the first edition of The Hot Spot: Investigating Cancer in Iowa, Iowa Starting Line’s new weekly newsletter tackling the cancer crisis in Iowa. Why is our cancer rate so high, and growing? Who’s…
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🥞 8 classic Iowa diners worth the drive
Your emails and Positively Iowa Share with a friend It’s Friday, July 18, 2025. 🗣️ It’s Friday: A cool and less-humid end to the week—thank you! My take: I have mixed feelings on pastors now being allowed to endorse political candidates from the pulpit (story from IPR, please donate to them now that they’ve…
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You think Iowa is hollowing out now? Just wait
News about and for the working class Share with a friend It’s Thursday, July 17, 2025. As part of our Cancer in Iowa series (starting next week!), Zachary and I are looking for Iowans who have concerns that the chemicals, processes, or other things in your workplace may be cancer-causing—or have already caused cancer…
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🗞️ How can this newsletter better serve your community?
Take our 90-second survey to share your thoughts. Hey there, We’re taking a moment to check in. How is this newsletter working for you—and is it helping you feel more informed and connected in Iowa? Take this quick 90-second survey to tell us: What you want more of What’s not working How we can support…
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My Minnesota friends worry about Iowa. I worry about them
Plus: Protests, rallies and more Share with a friend It’s Tuesday, July 15, 2025. Amie here. I had a refreshing week off visiting friends in Minnesota, some of whom are Iowa transplants. They tell me their first-world problems (oh no, they haven’t figured out how to get dispensaries up and running yet!). They ask me…
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🗞️ Please, we want to hear your opinion
Take our 90-second survey to share your thoughts. Dear Iowa Starting Line reader, We’re always looking to make this newsletter better. Whether it’s helping you plan your week, understand local issues, or simply feel more connected to Iowa, we want to know: What’s one thing you’d change about how you get news here? Take our…
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💜 Iowa legislator pens book on fleeing war as a child
Time for reader emails! Share with a friend It’s Friday, July 4, 2025. 🗣️ It’s Friday: Cool off on your day off with some hot takes. “One Big Beautiful Bill” takes: The House passed the Senate version of President Donald Trump’s budget bill yesterday, what the Economic Policy Institute calls a “staggering upward redistribution…
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ICE in Iowa: West Liberty man detained with no record
Share with a friend It’s Wednesday, July 2, 2025. It’s happening in Iowa. Pascual Leonardo Pedro-Pedro, 20, of West Liberty, went to a routine annual immigration check-in yesterday (Tuesday)—abiding by what the government is asking him to do as an immigrant—and was detained by ICE. Pedro-Pedro was brought to the US as…
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Rallies, protests, town halls, and Trump
Plus: A photo of a cute baby Share with a friend It’s Monday, June 30, 2025. Amie here. If you’ll indulge me (you have no choice), my brother and his wife are publicly sharing baby photos now, so here’s lil’ Nico! Tiny baby hands! OK, back to our regularly scheduled newsletter! Amie Rivers Newsletter Editor,…
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💜 School bus crash survivors thriving in Sioux City
Time for reader emails! Share with a friend It’s Friday, June 27, 2025. 🗣️ It’s Friday: Time for your takes! My “hot” take: It’s hot and humid out there. For outdoor workers, that combination can get downright dangerous. Starting Line intern Victor Robbins explains what the WBGT is, how to spot heat exhaustion…
