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Graduation season is around the corner, and college seniors across the country are applying for their first jobs. About 1 in 4 Americans 25 years or older have a bachelor’s degree or higher, and thousands will walk the stage this season to grab their diplomas and start their careers.
Iowans will get a chance to meet one of the “very best like no one ever was” this weekend at Des Moines Comic Con as longtime Pokémon voice actor Sarah Natochenny will be there to meet and greet with fans of the series. Since 2006, Natochenny has been the English...
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.
If you’re looking to get outdoors now that it’s warmer, but you don’t know where to start (or who to go with), there’s a group for you in Iowa.
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.
You may have heard the phrase “right to work,” as in, “Iowa is a right-to-work state.” But what does right-to-work mean, and how does that government policy impact you as a worker?
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...
We asked you to name a teacher who impacted your life, and got these wonderful stories (plus added our favorites!):
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.
To help you out during Teacher Appreciation Week (May 8-12) and year-round, we’ve compiled a list of discounts educators can claim while shopping online and in-person.
Five Iowa high schoolers with a passion for the arts received Iowa Arts Council scholarships recently. Here’s who got them:
After initially saying he wouldn’t sign a Pride Month proclamation because of “my Christian beliefs,” the mayor of Cedar Falls relented. Here’s why.
Did you know an Iowa librarian wrote the original “Library’s Bill of Rights” as a rebuke to book banning during the rise of fascism, and it became the basis of library policy across the country?
Sometimes the most memorable trips happen when you seek out unexpected, under-the-radar spots that you never would’ve known about without some prior research.
Iowa Senate Republicans—for the second time—voted overwhelmingly in favor of a bill that limits the ability of State Auditor Rob Sand’s office to monitor government funds. In a 33-16 vote, Senate Republicans approved SF 478, which they argued will protect Iowans'...
In honor of National Library Week, here are 15 gorgeous libraries across the globe (and one right in your backyard).
Meatpacking workers in southeast Iowa are now—officially—gearing up to organize into labor unions at their respective workplaces.
Valley High School Senior Luke Rowley remembers what it was like going to school the day after the Uvalde, Texas, school shooting in which 19 children and two adults were killed by a gunman. “I remember a sense of dread in the hallways, students at Valley were...
Iowa Senate Republicans have a solution for the state's ongoing workforce shortage: Child labor. In a 32-17 vote just before 5 a.m. Tuesday morning, the Senate advanced SF 542, which relaxes Iowa’s child labor laws and allows teenagers to work in more hazardous job...
Spring garden guide: What to do right now in your garden, lawn, or backyard in Iowa.
Without any professional teams in state, what's a basketball fan looking for live games in Iowa supposed to do? Watch one of these incredible local teams, of course! From the G-League on down, get your live basketball fix by checking out a game at one of these Iowa...
They came to Iowa knowing very little—or nothing—about what to expect. But once they were here, Hala Abumaizer-Scheetz, Kineret Zabner and Dr. Geetha Srinivas found kindness and community that has kept them in Iowa, even with other (less snowy) options out there....
Did you know Iowa can boast one of its own as a Nobel Prize-nominated poet? April is National Poetry Month, and Iowa has had its fair share of noteworthy poets. But perhaps our most successful is Paul Engle. Paul Engle was a lifelong Iowa poet who cared so much about...
Iowa House Republicans voted on Wednesday to make it easier to bring guns on the campuses of Iowa schools, community colleges, and universities and to require public schools to implement K-12 gun safety curriculum that was developed by the National Rifle Association...
The Iowa nursing home closings that began in 2022 are accelerating now—and they're hitting small towns and rural communities the hardest. Colonial Manors of Manilla, which closed in July 2021—loss of 34 jobs—was the only Iowa nursing home closure that year reported to...
The Iowa Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday morning about ending the injunction on Iowa’s six-week abortion ban. Peter Im, staff attorney at Planned Parenthood Federation of America, argued for Iowa abortion providers, including Planned Parenthood and the Emma...
In 2021, President Biden signed the historic $1 trillion infrastructure bill into law, delivering on a key piece of his economic agenda. Since then, billions of dollars have been funneled into all 50 states in order to upgrade highways, transit systems, water systems,...
School districts across the state have scrambled to update students and parents after Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a bill to restrict where transgender children can go to the bathroom on March 23. Several large Iowa districts released statements intended to reassure...
A bill that would add more hoops to jump through for federal public assistance money—legislation that would cost the state millions over the next few years to put in place—passed the Iowa Senate Wednesday. The bill, Senate File 494, passed along party lines, with all...
Minnette Doderer was a trailblazing politician who served in the Iowa Legislature for 15 years, working on laws that ultimately improved Iowa women’s legal status. Born in 1923, Doderer was born in Holland, Iowa, and graduated from East High School in Waterloo....
