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National Guard Cuts Back Workers At Test Iowa Sites

National Guard Cuts Back Workers At Test Iowa Sites

Six hundred state employees working Iowa’s COVID-19 response were cut and two Test Iowa Sites closed this week while the state reported escalated coronavirus cases and COVID-related deaths. The Iowa National Guard on Tuesday merged three separate task forces staffed...

What Joni Ernst Thinks Of Iowa’s Black Lives Matter Protests

What Joni Ernst Thinks Of Iowa’s Black Lives Matter Protests

In a Fox News interview yesterday and a speech on the Senate floor today, Sen. Joni Ernst seemed to lack basic knowledge of the Black Lives Matter movement in her home state and framed the recent progress at the Iowa Statehouse in a way that excluded them. Appearing...

What Joni Ernst Thinks Of Iowa’s Black Lives Matter Protests

What Joni Ernst Thinks Of Iowa’s Black Lives Matter Protests

In a Fox News interview yesterday and a speech on the Senate floor today, Sen. Joni Ernst seemed to lack basic knowledge of the Black Lives Matter movement in her home state and framed the recent progress at the Iowa Statehouse in a way that excluded them. Appearing...

Evans: Why Is Iowa Tinkering With Voting Laws?

Evans: Why Is Iowa Tinkering With Voting Laws?

There have not been a lot of bright spots since coronavirus began sickening Iowans. So far, 688 people have died in our state from the virus, and another 26,350 have been infected. Unemployment in Iowa is in the double digits. We have already begun hearing of business...

Evans: Why Is Iowa Tinkering With Voting Laws?

Evans: Why Is Iowa Tinkering With Voting Laws?

There have not been a lot of bright spots since coronavirus began sickening Iowans. So far, 688 people have died in our state from the virus, and another 26,350 have been infected. Unemployment in Iowa is in the double digits. We have already begun hearing of business...

Evans: Why Is Iowa Tinkering With Voting Laws?

Evans: Why Is Iowa Tinkering With Voting Laws?

There have not been a lot of bright spots since coronavirus began sickening Iowans. So far, 688 people have died in our state from the virus, and another 26,350 have been infected. Unemployment in Iowa is in the double digits. We have already begun hearing of business...

Across Rural Iowa, Protests Confront Small-Town Racism

Across Rural Iowa, Protests Confront Small-Town Racism

It took Mallory Gosch an hour and fifteen minutes to gather the courage to step up and take the microphone at the racial justice discussion in Cresco, Iowa. The 14-year-old sat in the crowd of well over 100 as her mother and others took turns in the park raising their...

Iowa, It’s Time For Radical Systemic Change

Iowa, It’s Time For Radical Systemic Change

Guest op-ed from Yena Balekyani, an organizer and marcher in the recent Des Moines-area protests following the murder of George Floyd. Across the globe, millions watched a Black man in Minnesota lie on the ground for nearly nine minutes, begging for his life, while a...

How Iowa Latinos Feel About Steve King’s Defeat

How Iowa Latinos Feel About Steve King’s Defeat

The day has finally arrived, a day many dreamt and thought would never come: Steven King is defeated. He was beat by state Sen. Randy Feenstra during the primary elections on Tuesday. After 18 years in Congress, he became ineffective in representing Iowans that...

How Iowa Latinos Feel About Steve King’s Defeat

How Iowa Latinos Feel About Steve King’s Defeat

The day has finally arrived, a day many dreamt and thought would never come: Steven King is defeated. He was beat by state Sen. Randy Feenstra during the primary elections on Tuesday. After 18 years in Congress, he became ineffective in representing Iowans that...

Record Number Of Iowa Women On The Ballot For Congress

Record Number Of Iowa Women On The Ballot For Congress

For the first time in Iowa history, women will compete head-to-head in multiple federal races this fall. Female candidates were elected Tuesday on the Democratic and Republican tickets for U.S. Senate, Iowa's 1st, 2nd and 3rd Congressional districts. It's a stark...

Iowa Is In Play, But Rural Voters Are Key

Iowa Is In Play, But Rural Voters Are Key

Guest op-ed from former Lt. Gov. Patty Judge and Jeff Link, co-founders of Focus On Rural America. With the Iowa primary on Tuesday, the field of important races up and down the ballot will be set for the Fall campaign. In the wake of COVID-19 and an agricultural...

Hard-Hit Iowa Communities Cautious, Slow To Reopen

Hard-Hit Iowa Communities Cautious, Slow To Reopen

As Gov. Kim Reynolds continues to reopen Iowa, community members and businesses throughout the state are taking a more cautious approach. In West Liberty, Melanie Clark, a history teacher at the local school district, says now is not the time to reopen. She says the...

Hard-Hit Iowa Communities Cautious, Slow To Reopen

Hard-Hit Iowa Communities Cautious, Slow To Reopen

As Gov. Kim Reynolds continues to reopen Iowa, community members and businesses throughout the state are taking a more cautious approach. In West Liberty, Melanie Clark, a history teacher at the local school district, says now is not the time to reopen. She says the...

Pandemic Deals Final Blow To 3 Longtime Iowa Newspapers

Pandemic Deals Final Blow To 3 Longtime Iowa Newspapers

The coronavirus pandemic has dealt a "gut punch" to three small-town Iowa newspapers, according to their publisher, forcing the local media outlets to cease publication and merge with larger papers. "It has impacted our operation like no other issue," said Becky...

Pandemic Deals Final Blow To 3 Longtime Iowa Newspapers

Pandemic Deals Final Blow To 3 Longtime Iowa Newspapers

The coronavirus pandemic has dealt a "gut punch" to three small-town Iowa newspapers, according to their publisher, forcing the local media outlets to cease publication and merge with larger papers. "It has impacted our operation like no other issue," said Becky...

Pandemic Deals Final Blow To 3 Longtime Iowa Newspapers

Pandemic Deals Final Blow To 3 Longtime Iowa Newspapers

The coronavirus pandemic has dealt a "gut punch" to three small-town Iowa newspapers, according to their publisher, forcing the local media outlets to cease publication and merge with larger papers. "It has impacted our operation like no other issue," said Becky...

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