Newsletters
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Money for union-busters, but can’t pay the workers?
Inside: News about and for the working class Share with a friend Welcome to Thursday’s Almanac, for and about Iowa’s workers. If break time’s over, here’s the tl;dr: This Iowa hospital chain spent $2.14 million on union-busting consultants in 2025; Upcoming Iowa layoffs and Iowa labor news; Local officials didn’t even know this hospital was…
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37 private flights to Kansas while running for Iowa governor
Plus: Protests and reader soundoff Share with a friend 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 Email me Featured protests and rallies: 📅…
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Your guide to Iowa’s theme park season
Plus: Only in Iowa and the photo of the week! Share with a friend 🗣️ It’s Friday. You can officially start voting early in the primary election (more on that below). Time for Only in Iowa, this week’s photo, Positively Iowa, and news you can use. The primary election—aka, voters registered with a recognized political party picking…
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What if this made crisis intervention better in Iowa?
Inside: News about and for the working class Share with a friend Welcome to Thursday’s Almanac—by, about, and for Iowa workers! If break time’s over, here’s the tl;dr: Solving a crisis without armed police? This Ottumwa woman thinks it could work; Upcoming Iowa layoffs and labor news briefs; Can you get your boss to…
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Cash for crowds at a Vance rally? We’ve got the scoop
Plus: Protests and reader soundoff Share with a friend 👽 Amie here. Files were released this weekend! (Ope, not the files we really wanted released, though.) In this issue: Candidate events and protests, this week’s viral post, and reader soundoff. Amie Rivers Newsletter Editor, Iowa Starting Line Email me Featured protests and rallies:…
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Name an Iowa female athlete besides Caitlin Clark
Plus: Only in Iowa and the photo of the week! Share with a friend 🗣️ It’s Friday, and Mother’s Day is this Sunday. Time for Only in Iowa, this week’s (dog) family photo, Positively Iowa, and news you can use. Unleaded gas is $4.44 in Ottumwa. Where is it where you’re at? Reply and tell…
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Iowa’s workforce is shrinking—see how much since 2010
Inside: News about and for the working class Share with a friend Amie here; welcome to Thursday’s Almanac. If break time’s over, here’s the tl;dr: Iowa and other rural areas lost a ton of working-age folks just in the last 15 years; Upcoming Iowa layoffs and labor news; Are you misclassified as a contractor?…
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80% of Iowans agree, so of course they do THIS
Plus: Protests and reader soundoff Share with a friend Amie here. This week is National Week of Action for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Relatives. You can also help the family of an Iowa City man from Bolivia who is about to be deported to a war-torn country he knows nothing about. In this…
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Des Moines billboard asks: ‘Having doubts?’
Plus: Only in Iowa and the photo of the week! Share with a friend 🗣️ It’s Friday and May Day. Time for Only in Iowa, this week’s photo, Positively Iowa, and news you can use: This is cool: See your name in Landsat, or satellite photos of Earth from space. Are you a college student in…
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Could this help small Iowa farmers thrive?
Inside: News about and for the working class Share with a friend Welcome to Thursday’s Almanac. Don’t forget to call in sick tomorrow. If break time’s over, here’s the tl;dr: Luther College student goes to World Bank with big ideas on helping small farmers; Upcoming Iowa layoffs; Iowa labor news briefs; Where are those…
