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🏡 Flood Hits Northwest Iowa (And More Coming)

June 26, 2024

The newsletter for Iowa’s working class Share with a friend It’s Wednesday, June 26, 2024. I was planning to write about the Iowa governor vs. labor this week: Gov. Kim Reynolds was to appear in North Liberty Monday after the federal government cracked down on restaurants following Iowa’s lax child labor laws, which go…

🏡 Flood Hits Northwest Iowa (And More Coming)

Iowa leads the nation in binge drinking—and faces higher cancer risks from alcohol

September 17, 2025

Iowa is fourth in the nation for rates of alcohol-related cancers, and highest in the Midwest.

Iowa leads the nation in binge drinking—and faces higher cancer risks from alcohol

It’s election season in Iowa. What voters need to know for 2025 city and school elections

November 3, 2025

Iowans will soon head to the polls to cast their votes in the 2025 city council and school board elections.

It’s election season in Iowa. What voters need to know for 2025 city and school elections

We set out to understand Iowa’s cancer crisis. Here’s what we learned

October 14, 2025

The Hot Spot: Investigating Cancer in Iowa Share with a friend Amie here. When my colleague Zachary Oren Smith and I started writing The Hot Spot: Investigating Cancer in Iowa in July, our goal was simple: We wanted to explore why Iowa has the second-highest cancer rate in the nation—and the fastest-growing one, even…

We set out to understand Iowa’s cancer crisis. Here’s what we learned

Watch the 3 Iowa minor league baseball teams in 2024

June 17, 2024

Watch an Iowa minor league baseball team in a city near you. Baseball season is upon us, and while Iowa has no Major League Baseball (MLB) teams in residence (unless it’s the day they’re playing at the Field of Dreams), we’ve got three minor league baseball (MiLB) teams to watch—all unionized since 2023! Check out…

Watch the 3 Iowa minor league baseball teams in 2024

What we know about Ian Roberts, the Des Moines Superintendent arrested by ICE

October 1, 2025

The former Des Moines Public School superintendent’s arrest by ICE has garnered international attention and prompted a closer look at his background.

What we know about Ian Roberts, the Des Moines Superintendent arrested by ICE

Positively Iowa: A Local Chef Makes It Big

January 25, 2024

And more good news from Iowa! Share with a friend It’s Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024. The snow is starting to melt—and so are we, hearing about all this good news from Iowa! This week: Des Moines chef is semifinalist for top food award 🍲 Iowa City native appearing on popular reality dating show 💘…

Positively Iowa: A Local Chef Makes It Big

📄 Iowans Sued Over Noncompetes

September 18, 2024

Share with a friend It’s Worker Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024. I heard from two workers being sued by an Iowa company over a noncompete agreement they say is unfairly keeping them from finding other jobs. Seneca Companies was started in 1972 by Chris Risewick, who sold petroleum equipment. Over the decades, the Des Moines-based…

Iowa Republicans want to ban local bans on conversion therapy

January 17, 2024

Iowa Republicans are continuing their attack on Home Rule in the Legislature this year, this time going after bans on widely discredited conversion therapy for minors. Iowa Sen. Sandy Salmon—a Republican from Janesville who represents Bremer, Butler, Chickasaw and most of Floyd counties—introduced Senate File 2037 last week. It passed out of a Senate subcommittee…

Iowa Republicans want to ban local bans on conversion therapy

“Are these emails just about gay people?” Your letters, June 23, 2026

June 22, 2026

“I don’t care about gay people. What about straight people. What do we get.”

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