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Iowa bill would let public schools hire unlicensed chaplains… but unintended consequences may arise

January 24, 2024

Iowa Republican lawmakers advanced a bill out of a subcommittee Tuesday that would allow public school districts to hire chaplains to “provide support, services, and programs for students.” But while the lawmakers heavily implied this was about Christian services coming into public schools, others pointed out that it could just as easily open the door…

Iowa bill would let public schools hire unlicensed chaplains… but unintended consequences may arise

New Des Moines Taco Festival Organized By Different Groups Than Last Year’s

April 3, 2022

While last year’s disastrous Des Moines Taco & Margarita Festival left people feeling shellacked, the Iowa Cubs hope to leave a better taste in festival-goers’ mouths after announcing their own Taco & Margarita Festival on Friday. The I-Cubs festival is slated for July 9 at Principal Park in Des Moines. A lot of people had…

New Des Moines Taco Festival Organized By Different Groups Than Last Year’s

Abortion Ban Will Be The Sole Focus Of Iowa Special Session

July 6, 2023

The Iowa Legislature will convene for a special session on Tuesday, July 11, for the sole purpose of enacting another abortion ban. Gov. Kim Reynolds called for a special session to enact abortion legislation less than three weeks after the Iowa Supreme Court blocked her previous abortion ban. The call for a special session has…

Abortion Ban Will Be The Sole Focus Of Iowa Special Session

❗️ Joni Ernst Defends Medicaid Cuts: ‘We Are All Going to Die’

May 30, 2025

Share with a friend It’s Friday, May 30, 2025. 🗣️ It’s Friday: Time to hear from ISL readers! 🐶 This is Crosby. “We have a music icons naming convention for our pets— we’ve had Dylan and (Mama) Cass, and Crosby’s feline sister is Cher,” says Crosby’s human Matt U. “The two things he values most…

❗️ Joni Ernst Defends Medicaid Cuts: ‘We Are All Going to Die’

New Billboard Attack GOP Candidates’ Extremism

August 10, 2023

As more than a dozen GOP presidential candidates descend on Des Moines for the Iowa State Fair, the Democratic National Committee (DNC) wants to send them a message they won’t miss. The DNC is placing a billboard in Iowa’s capital city attacking Republican candidates for supporting the MAGA agenda, which Democrats said includes hurting working…

New Billboard Attack GOP Candidates’ Extremism

Iowa Students Advance to Finals of National History Day Contest

May 31, 2023

In June, those 62 students will travel to Maryland to compete in the National History Day Contest, pitting their projects against 3,000 other students from around the world.

Iowa Students Advance to Finals of National History Day Contest

Iowa pauses on most anti-LGBTQ bills, but advocates not letting their guard down

March 19, 2024

Cautious relief might be the best way to describe how some of Iowa’s most prominent LGBTQ organizations feel after a majority of the anti-LGBTQ bills in the Iowa Legislature stalled out after the second legislative funnel last week. “Out of the ones that directly targeted LGBTQ folks, there were 40 of those and 39 of…

Iowa pauses on most anti-LGBTQ bills, but advocates not letting their guard down

Edna Griffin of Des Moines Took on Discrimination in the 1940s and won

February 16, 2022

The Edna Griffin Building in downtown Des Moines commemorates the Black woman who took a discrimination case to the Iowa Supreme Court and secured a significant victory under the then-hard-to-enforce 1884 Iowa Civil Rights Act. It all started in July 1948 when Griffin, John Bibbs, and Leonard Hudson stopped at the Katz Drug Store in…

Edna Griffin of Des Moines Took on Discrimination in the 1940s and won

Read Gov. Kim Reynolds Condition of the State

January 14, 2025

An Iowa DOGE. Statewide bans on cell phones in classrooms. And incentives for practicing medicine in Iowa. Read Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds’ Condition of the State address. Tuesday night, Gov. Kim Reynolds delivered her annual Condition of the State address to a joint conference of the Iowa Legislature. Shortly before the speech, reporters were given…

Read Gov. Kim Reynolds Condition of the State

Iowa Senate bill would expand postpartum coverage, but limit participants

February 7, 2024

A bill that would increase postpartum Medicaid coverage for a full year, but restrict the number of people eligible for the program continues to work its way through the Iowa Senate. The limit is currently at 60 days and Iowa is one of only three states that hasn’t expanded coverage. The others are Idaho and…

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