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  • Planned Parenthood closures leave one abortion clinic in Iowa

    May 27, 2025

    Planned Parenthood is contracting amid the federal government’s moves to freeze and reduce funding for OB-GYN care across the nation. Four clinics will close in Iowa. Planned Parenthood announced this month it is closing four clinics in Iowa, news that comes as Republicans nationally are preparing to defund the major provider of reproductive health services…

    Planned Parenthood closures leave one abortion clinic in Iowa
  • Cornhole Champions #6: Just feed the kids (with Sen. Janice Weiner and Mike Zimmer)

    January 8, 2025

    Half a million students are enrolled in Iowa’s public schools. And because Iowa charges students for meals, some rack up lunchroom debt and others go hungry. Studies show hunger impacts academic performance, classroom behavior, as well as overall health and even test scores. But so far, the powers that be in Iowa aren’t interested. On…

    Cornhole Champions #6: Just feed the kids (with Sen. Janice Weiner and Mike Zimmer)
  • UnityPoint nurses likely win union vote: News and layoffs from Iowa Worker’s Almanac

    December 11, 2025

    Working class news you can use: Voting on a union: The UnityPoint vote among 1,776 health care professionals at four Des Moines hospitals on whether to join Teamsters Local 90 was held Dec. 7-9. Unofficial results show nurses won their union, 871-666—but overnight recovery nurse Dawn Balek tells me there are 250 of those ballots being challenged. Given the vote margin, however,…

    UnityPoint nurses likely win union vote: News and layoffs from Iowa Worker’s Almanac
  • 2 Iowa Starbucks stores join escalating national strike, and more Iowa Worker’s Almanac news and layoffs

    December 5, 2025

    Two of Iowa’s four unionized Starbucks locations joined a national Starbucks Workers United escalating strike today.

    2 Iowa Starbucks stores join escalating national strike, and more Iowa Worker’s Almanac news and layoffs
  • 18 haunted cemeteries in Iowa

    September 15, 2025

    With cursed angel statues, graveyard spirits, and glowing headstones, a trip to these haunted cemeteries in Iowa may send a chill down your spine.

    18 haunted cemeteries in Iowa
  • Iowa has 95 data centers?!

    April 3, 2026

    Plus: Only in Iowa & the cutest pet photo! Share with a friend 🗣️ It’s Friday, April 3, which I celebrate for two bittersweet reasons: It’s my late mom’s bday, and it’s Varnum v. Brien Day. On this day in 2009, Iowa became just the third state in the US to legally recognize same-sex marriages.…

    Iowa has 95 data centers?!
  • WATCH: Trump anti-DEI push supercharges Iowa Pride (PT 3) – Cornhole Champions #28

    June 11, 2025

    Corporate America is pulling back from Pride Month as Iowa LGBTQ+ organizations feel the financial squeeze from Trump’s anti-DEI push. Des Moines Capital City Pride lost nearly $70,000 when Nationwide and Mid-American Energy walked away, while Iowa City Pride saw $15,000 in support disappear. But record individual donations and packed attendance prove the queer community’s…

    WATCH: Trump anti-DEI push supercharges Iowa Pride (PT 3) – Cornhole Champions #28
  • More Americans work 2 full-time jobs: News and layoffs from Iowa Worker’s Almanac, April 30, 2026

    April 30, 2026

    An estimated 476,000 Americans are working two full-time jobs. That’s up from 172,000 in 2015.

    More Americans work 2 full-time jobs: News and layoffs from Iowa Worker’s Almanac, April 30, 2026
  • WATCH: John Deere’s $600M tariff crisis vs. the 1986 Farm Crisis strike (PT 3) – Cornhole Champions #37

    August 27, 2025

    Thirty-nine years ago, UAW workers began the longest strike in John Deere history—163 days fighting for job security during the 1980s farm crisis. Today, John Deere announced 238 more layoffs across Iowa and Illinois, blaming $600 million in annual tariff costs. From the 1986 lockout to 2025’s trade war casualties, Iowa workers keep paying the…

    WATCH: John Deere’s $600M tariff crisis vs. the 1986 Farm Crisis strike (PT 3) – Cornhole Champions #37
  • What Kilmar’s Deportation Means in Iowa

    April 24, 2025

    Share with a friend It’s Thursday, Apr. 24, 2025. Amie here. I saw a few “Free Kilmar” signs at the latest protest I covered this weekend, and for good reason: Folks are worried about what it means that the Trump administration is deporting people directly to a foreign torture prison with the flimsiest justification, and…

    What Kilmar’s Deportation Means in Iowa
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