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Immigrant Iowans, major ag workforce, wonder if they should stay here

July 23, 2024

by Mónica Cordero, Investigate Midwest/Report for America Leer en español Having spent more than half her life in Waterloo, Iowa, she has built a life here. It’s where she met her husband and where her only daughter, who wants to become a sonographer, was born. That’s why, after a day’s work at an area meatpacking plant,…

Immigrant Iowans, major ag workforce, wonder if they should stay here

Shop your values: Get holiday gifts made at these Iowa small businesses

December 4, 2023

Looking for a special Iowa-made gift? We’re here with inspiration from fellow Iowans, who told us their favorite local places to shop at the holidays. As a bonus, we’ve added the causes those businesses support—so you can see how your gift goes further than anything you can buy on a big box site. Follow the…

Shop your values: Get holiday gifts made at these Iowa small businesses

👨‍🏫 Ty Is Leaving Us And We Are Not OK

July 19, 2024

Your weekly Iowa news roundup Share with a friend It’s the Friday news roundup: July 19, 2024. 😢 Today, Starting Line is without its chief political correspondent, newsroom leader, and all-around great guy to work with. Ty Rushing’s last day with Iowa Starting Line was yesterday. He’ll join the University of Iowa faculty in…

Van Meter Visitor Festival Sept. 28 embraces spooky fun

September 26, 2024

Celebrate some uniquely Iowa folklore at the Van Meter Visitor Festival

Van Meter Visitor Festival Sept. 28 embraces spooky fun

The floodgates are open to help the wealthiest Iowans pay for private school

April 25, 2025

Iowa Republican lawmakers have passed a bill to boost K-12 education funding by 2%—not nearly enough to keep pace with what’s needed for a once-thriving public school system. Meanwhile, Governor Kim Reynold’s budget includes a 44% increase for vouchers. “My kids go to one of these schools where we are going to see cuts.” Things…

The floodgates are open to help the wealthiest Iowans pay for private school

Surviving cancer in Iowa: Caregivers, advocates share their stories

October 7, 2025

Cancer in Iowa isn’t just about the research studies and the statistics. Real Iowans and their families are behind each diagnosis.

Surviving cancer in Iowa: Caregivers, advocates share their stories

Weiner: GOP attacks on the judicial system are an attack on democracy

June 7, 2024

Iowa state senator warns people and Republican officials not to forget the lessons of World War II. The moving pictures of centenarian World War II veterans in France for the 80th anniversary of D-Day remind us of the countless American soldiers who willingly placed themselves in harm’s way, and how many paid the ultimate price. …

Weiner: GOP attacks on the judicial system are an attack on democracy

🗣️ ‘Start Doing the Right Thing, Chuck’

April 11, 2025

Share with a friend It’s Friday, Apr. 11, 2025. 🗣️ It’s Friday: Time for the Reader Sound-Off, where our main export is tariff-free hot takes! But first, here’s the Pet Photo of the Week: These are Jet and Ruby, “new puppies added to the family” in February, says reader Bonnie A. Trying to disguise…

4 ways to recognize Indigenous Peoples’ Day in Iowa

September 29, 2024

Iowa is one of many U.S. states that’s replaced Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples’ Day, and there are many ways to recognize the holiday in 2024.

4 ways to recognize Indigenous Peoples’ Day in Iowa

All the No Kings protests happening this weekend in Iowa

October 17, 2025

Plus: Your emails and Positively Iowa It’s Friday, October 17, 2025. 🗣️ It’s Friday; time for reader replies! My take: We’ll be headed to No Kings protests tomorrow in Des Moines (Avery) and Waterloo (me); if you spot us, say hi! Now that our Cancer in Iowa series has wrapped, I’ll be…

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