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Hundreds packed the Iowa State Capitol Rotunda on Tuesday and made their voices heard to protest the abortion ban being considered by Republicans in the other room. The latest polling shows 61% of Iowans support abortion being legal in all or most cases. While members of the Iowa Senate held a public hearing nearby, demonstrators…

The group of Nazis who spread anti-semitic messages around Des Moines on 9/11 got their feelings hurt by Democratic Senate candidate Mike Franken yesterday. After Starting Line reported on how a member of the “319 Crew,” a Northeast Iowa Nazi organization, drove around Des Moines in a U-Haul truck adorned with a swastika flag and…

Did you know that voluntary scary experiences increase your mood? This is especially true for those who are challenging or facing their fear when they enter a haunted house or other scary attraction. That’s according to a team of researchers from the University of Pittsburgh anyway. Their study suggests scaring yourself on purpose has a…

A new initiative launched by the Family Planning Council of Iowa (FPCI) aims to bring Iowans affordable health care by providing free reproductive health kits for those in need. The initiative comes one year after Roe v. Wade was overturned by the US Supreme Court, which took away the federal right to access abortion for…