Videos
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WATCH: Why local journalists beat parachute reporters every time (w/ Ty Rushing) – Cornhole Champions #40
Ty Rushing made history as the first Black reporter and editor at eight different Iowa publications, but his journey from breaking barriers to breaking down stories reveals something deeper about the evolution of journalism. From covering northwest Iowa’s “playground” of small towns to mentoring the next generation at the University of Iowa, Rushing offers some…
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WATCH: Rob Sand leads town halls in singing ‘America the Beautiful’
Rob Sand’s campaign said it’s hit over 65 townhalls this year. At each of them, Sand has been asking people to sing “America the Beautiful.”
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WATCH: Iowa farmers suffer from Trump’s tariffs – Amie Rivers on CNN
Starting Line’s own Amie Rivers was on CNN Friday, putting the impacts Iowa farmers are feeling from Trump’s tariffs on a national stage.
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WATCH: Iowa leads the nation in binge drinking and cancer—and they’re related
Iowa leads the nation in binge drinking—and faces higher cancer risks because of it. Subscribe to our newsletter for more editions of “The Hot Spot: Investigating Cancer in Iowa” right to your inbox: https://iowastartingline.com/newsletter/?utm_term=isl_cancer_series
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WATCH: Iowa public defender says she had to shoplift to feed her family
Poverty is quite a simple math problem, but the government doesn’t want to solve it.
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WATCH: Farmers are suffering from Trump’s tariffs
Corn and soybean farmers are sounding the alarm that Trump’s tariffs are causing crop prices to plummet, production costs to rise, and overseas trade opportunities to dry up.
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WATCH: Iowa is the ‘epicenter of radon’ for the United States
Kyle Hoylman, CEO at Protect Environmental, the nation’s largest radon contractor, says Iowans’ exposure to radon is equivalent to smoking half a pack of cigarettes a day. Subscribe to our newsletter for editions of “The Hot Spot: Investigating Cancer in Iowa” right to your inbox: https://iowastartingline.com/newsletter/?utm_term=isl_cancer_series
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WATCH: Iowa governor sues to keep emails secret. Will a judge agree? (PT 3) – Cornhole Champions #39
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds is fighting to keep her emails secret, and it could change government transparency in Iowa forever. When asked if Lutheran Family Services was a “money laundering operation,” Reynolds couldn’t give a straight answer – now she’s suing the Des Moines Register to hide the emails that prepared her to to respond.…
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WATCH: Charlie Kirk’s murder, Big Tech’s role, + how Iowans are dealing (PT 2) – Cornhole Champions #39
Political violence is on the rise, and the aftermath of tragic events reveals just how broken our discourse has become. Join us for a discussion about how we as Iowans and our leadership are reacting to a tragedy, and what it says about free speech, cancel culture, and our democracy. From teachers facing job loss…
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WATCH: Sweet corn slander + why votes go further in Iowa’s local elections (PT 1) – Cornhole Champions #39
Sweet corn is Iowa’s pride, but at least one of our hosts thinks it’s “completely overrated garbage that belongs in the trash.” He must be stopped. Also on this episode of Cornhole Champions, hosts Zachary Oren Smith, Amie Rivers and Avery Staker dig into something that actually matters: Iowa’s upcoming local elections. With voter turnout…
