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If you live in Iowa, you know public school funding is a hot topic. Educators warn of a “funding crisis” as state aid lags behind inflation. How much of a lag? State aid is now $888 less per student than it would have been if kept in line with inflation. That’s not $888 of new…

Someone in Iowa decorated their car to look like immigration enforcement. It’s illegal. And ICE and Border Patrol agents’ own tactics are making it impossible to tell the difference. Iowa Migrant Movement for Justice’s ICE reporting hotline is 515-505-8805.

Workers are leaving Iowa in droves. One Iowan confronted Republican lawmakers about how striking state affirmative action policies and allowing for discrimination in professional licensure would only make the problem worse.

Iowa already banned over 3,000 books from school libraries. Now lawmakers want to make sure kids can’t get to the public library either.

Iowa Mennonites and supporters joined nationwide protests calling for Target, which is headquartered in Minneapolis, to publicly oppose the violent actions of ICE and federal agents in Minnesota. Mennonite Action, a national organization with local chapters in Johnson, Washington, and Iowa counties, has been organizing to call for an end to the military occupation of…

Students at Waukee and Trailridge staged a walkout Friday to protest the Trump administration and ICE. Xavier Carrigan, Democratic candidate for Iowa’s 3rd Congressional District, joined them in support.

Iowa Republicans proposed a bill to ban partnerships between public schools and libraries, which have bridged gaps in rural and urban community access to books. President of the Iowa Library Association Brittany Jacobs explained what reopening those gaps would mean for Iowa communities.

Iowa Republicans advanced a bill that would allow for citizenship status to be used as a reason to deny professional licensure, including in health care. With rural hospital closures, layoffs, and worker shortages abound, Iowans confronted lawmakers about how a bill like that would worsen the state’s thinning health care system.

Iowa Republicans are asking public schools to do more with even less.

Iowa Republicans advanced legislation Wednesday that would make Iowa the first state in the nation to completely eliminate vaccine requirements for K-12 students. A representative of Blank Children’s Hospital says the bill scares pediatricians “the most.” Read more here: https://iowastartingline.com/2026/02/05/republicans-push-eliminate-school-vaccine-requirements/