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🎃 8 Iowa adventures in October
Plus: Only in Iowa and the photo of the week! Support 🗣️ It’s Friday. Tomorrow is World Mental Health Day and World Homeless Day, while Sunday is National Coming Out Day and Monday is National Farmer’s Day, Indigenous Peoples Day, and that day. Time for Only in Iowa, this week’s photo, Positively Iowa, and news you…
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While we wait, Iowa workers are getting fired
Inside: News about and for the working class Support Welcome to Thursday’s Almanac, for and about Iowa’s workers. If break time’s over, here’s the tl;dr: Why won’t the US government give these Iowa workers a clear answer? Steel plant tax credits approved “without real protections for taxpayers” Upcoming Iowa layoffs and worker news The government…
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Iowa, when do you start decorating for Halloween?
Plus: Your takes on daylight saving time and more Share with a friend Amie here. Happy National Taco Day, go get those discounts! Not into tacos? How about voting? It’s National Voter Education Week, and I’ll be popping in some helpful information to get you ready for Election Day in each edition. In this issue:…
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What I heard at Iowa’s special session
Plus: A Hawkeye loss, ethics complaints, and more Share with a friend Special Edition: Reporter’s Notebook In this edition: An apology to the White House, an ethics complaint, and Iowa’s fall to Ohio State Friday night, I watched from the eaves of the Iowa Senate gallery as a Republican said he’d had enough.…
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Happy hour in Iowa City: 9 of the best places
Plus: Only in Iowa and the photo of the week! Share with a friend 🗞 See more from us: Add Iowa Starting Line as a preferred news source on Google. 🎃 It’s Friday and the beginning of spooky season! Last week, I asked you if and when you decorate for fall and Halloween. This week, I’m…
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Are we really getting the nation’s biggest steel plant?
Inside: News about and for Iowa’s workers Share with a friend 🗞 See more from us: Add Iowa Starting Line as a preferred news source on Google. Welcome to Thursday’s Almanac, for and about Iowa’s workers. If break time’s over, here’s the tl;dr: Trump says Iowa is getting the US’s biggest steel plant by 2030.…
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The terms matter more than the headline
Plus: Your mailbag, Amendment 1, and the Epstein Reading Room Reader mailbag Reporter’s Notebook with political correspondent Zachary Oren Smith does a weekly Q&A. Send your questions here. “Is Josh Turek a better baller than you?” — Lily, Iowa Starting Line’s state organizing coordinator and my #1 op Lily, I want to say this is…
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Des Moines teacher wins $75k for welding program
Plus: What you thought of Iowa’s billionaire and more reader letters Share with a friend 🗞 See more from us: Add Iowa Starting Line as a preferred news source on Google. Amie here. It’s gonna be October already, somehow?! Have you noticed any leaves changing yet? Here in Waterloo, I noticed the Virginia creeper’s gotten…
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8 U-pick apple farms across Iowa to check out
Plus: Positively Iowa and your photo of the week! Share with a friend 🗞 See more from us: Add Iowa Starting Line as a preferred news source on Google. 🎃 It’s Friday and nearly October (!). I suppose that means Halloween’s coming. Do you decorate for Halloween? When do you put up your decorations? Reply…
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Who is Iowa’s lone billionaire?
Inside: News about and for the working class Share with a friend 🗞 See more from us: Add Iowa Starting Line as a preferred news source on Google. Welcome to Thursday’s Almanac, for and about Iowa’s workers. Got a comment on a story? Reply and tell me; I read every email. If break time’s over,…
