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How plastic and petrochemicals harm Iowans
Plus: Protests and reader soundoff Share with a friend Amie here. Please don’t begin this email without silently saying the Pledge of Allegiance to yourself. ‘No War with Iran’ emergency rallies were held across Iowa yesterday and Sunday in response to the peace president’s unilateral (aka, not authorized by Congress) declaration of war with the…
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Closing Monday, we want to hear your opinion
Help today, your voice matters to us Dear Iowa Starting Line reader, This survey will close end-of-day, Monday, March 2, 2026 Iowa Starting Line is surveying our readers to inform our work for 2026. Our audience grew significantly last year, and we’d like to learn more about who we’re reaching—and how we can serve you…
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Got cabin fever? Here are 7 Iowa escapes
Plus: Positively Iowa & pet photos! Share with a friend 🗣️ It’s Friday. Time for Only in Iowa, this week’s pet photo, and news you can use. Monday is National Read Across America Day. Reply and tell me a good book you’ve read lately! An Iowa judge ruled that, no, you can’t be kicked out of…
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Des Moines workers locked out. Here’s how to help
Inside: News about and for the working class Share with a friend Amie here. Workers at a Des Moines plant have been locked out of work by their employer. But what is a lockout—and how can you support workers right now? Watch the latest edition of Clocked In on: YouTube Facebook TikTok …
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State of the Union v. State of the Swamp?
Plus: Protests and reader soundoff Share with a friend Amie here with your Tuesday events! If you’re in Mason City, go vote today. The televised Trump rally State of the Union is tonight, which you can watch here live. Or, you can watch The People’s State of the Union from MoveOn.org, or State of the Swamp…
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🗞️ Please, we want to hear your opinion again
What’s one thing you’d change about how you get news here? Dear Iowa Starting Line reader, Thank you for being a part of the community we’re building here at Iowa Starting Line. As a reader supported news organization, you’re at the center of everything we do. Our audience grew significantly last year, and we’d like…
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Where to find fish frys in NE Iowa
Plus: Positively Iowa & pet photos! Share with a friend 🗣️ It’s Friday. Ramadan Mubarak to our Muslim readers! Time for Only in Iowa, Positively Iowa, this week’s pet photo, and news you can use. It’s Public Schools Week next week, but Iowa public schools aren’t doing great. Maybe we should fund them? Nah,…
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7 Brew workers left out in the cold
Inside: News about and for the working class Share with a friend Amie here. An Iowa TikTok creator thought she was calling attention to a specific problem in Des Moines. She had no idea the problems at this coffee chain were so widespread—until hundreds of messages began pouring in. “The number of people I’ve…
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Hope you haven’t changed your last name, women!
Plus: Meet a candidate, protests, and a viral post Share with a friend Amie here. As someone who has changed my last name from what it was at birth, the current SAVE Act currently in the US Senate is a tad worrisome. (Scroll down for more on that.) New map for Iowa cancer rates by…
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Iowa’s Winter Olympians and Paralympians to watch
Plus: Positively Iowa & pet photos! Share with a friend 🗣️ It’s Friday the 13th, and Galentine’s Day: Time for Only in Iowa, Positively Iowa, this week’s pet photo, and news you can use. (NOTE: I am moving reader replies to Tuesdays to shorten this one up a bit, so find them there next week!)…
