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🎃 Happy Halloween!

October 31, 2025

Plus: Your emails and Positively Iowa Share with a friend 🗣️ It’s Friday and All Hallows’ Eve (lest you think even one US holiday has been untouched by Christianity). Hope you saved some of that candy for the trick-or-treaters! My take: We’ve had a couple of wins for the Constitution in Iowa lately. A…

Fox News seems to think it’s all white people getting laid off in Perry plant closure

March 21, 2024

Fox News Host Jesse Watters was irate when he found out about Tyson Foods closing its pork plant in Perry. Not because 1,276 people were losing their jobs, but because he seemed to think that white people were losing their jobs to be replaced by undocumented migrants. In a recent segment on his show, Watters…

Fox News seems to think it’s all white people getting laid off in Perry plant closure

Where’s the Best Barbecue in Iowa? Here are 13 Locally Owned BBQ Joints Iowans Love

July 23, 2023

The Hawkeye State leads the nation in pork production—so you’re gonna find some of the best barbecue joints anywhere in the Midwest right here in Iowa. We’ve got a list of 13 that are owned by locals.

Where’s the Best Barbecue in Iowa? Here are 13 Locally Owned BBQ Joints Iowans Love

Ramaswamy downplays Trump attack, says he is the future of MAGA

January 15, 2024

Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy downplayed a social media attack on him by Iowa Caucus frontrunner and former President Donald Trump who told people not to waste their vote on the political newcomer. In Waterloo, Ramaswamy, who has largely run on Trump’s MAGA agenda but says he would be “the future” of it, was careful…

Ramaswamy downplays Trump attack, says he is the future of MAGA

8 Iowa Students Chosen As Presidential Scholars Semifinalists

May 8, 2023

Eight Iowa students have been chosen as semifinalists for the US Presidential Scholars program, a prestigious honor recognizing some of America’s most talented students.

8 Iowa Students Chosen As Presidential Scholars Semifinalists

Your Ultimate Guide to U-Pick Hotspots in Iowa

September 7, 2023

Some say the food tastes better and the flowers are more beautiful when you pick them yourself. So grab a sun hat and a bushel basket and check out these u-pick farms across Iowa.

Your Ultimate Guide to U-Pick Hotspots in Iowa

Video Highlights From Iowa GOP Lincoln Dinner

July 28, 2023

The Iowa GOP held its Lincoln Dinner on July 28 and 13 Republican presidential candidates spoke at the event at the Iowa Events Center in Des Moines. Here a few highlights from some of the speakers: Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Hayley calls for mental competency tests for older politicians: @iowastartingline #nikkihaley at the #iowa…

Video Highlights From Iowa GOP Lincoln Dinner

LGBTQ “Ally” Wells Fargo Quiet As Iowa GOP Passes Homophobic Bills

March 20, 2023

Halfway through the Iowa Legislative Session, Iowa Republicans—who hold large majorities in the House and Senate—have introduced more than 30 bills that target Iowa’s LGBTQ community with a specific focus on trans children. Some of the students who would be affected by the various bills have shown up at the Capitol and pleaded with Iowa…

LGBTQ “Ally” Wells Fargo Quiet As Iowa GOP Passes Homophobic Bills

Iowa LGBTQ Students Band Together To Protect Each Other

May 24, 2023

This year’s legislative session activated young Iowans to speak out on issues ranging from private schools to LGBTQ rights to gun violence. Starting Line connected with members of some of the student groups leading the action and invited them to talk about how their organizations work, what inspired them to get involved, and what the…

Iowa LGBTQ Students Band Together To Protect Each Other

Iowa House lawmakers send bill increasing teacher pay to Senate

March 8, 2024

The Iowa House passed a measure increasing teacher and school staff pay Thursday as the fate of top education policies lawmakers are pursuing this session remain uncertain. House File 2611 passed 92-1 Thursday, with only Rep. Mark Cisneros, R-Muscatine, voting against the measure. The bill would raise teachers’ starting salary to $47,500 in year one…

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