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WATCH: Waverly, Iowa’s first ever Pride event

June 10, 2025

Waverly, Iowa, had never before held a Pride event, and wanted to do something unique. Organizers decided to showcase an important part of the town—the Cedar River—along with celebrating the area’s LGBTQ+ community. “The current political landscape is messy and unpredictable,” the Waverly Human Equity and Diversity Commission said in announcing the event on the…

WATCH: Waverly, Iowa’s first ever Pride event

Celebrating the Most Demonized Iowans This Weekend

March 29, 2024

Your weekly Iowa news roundup Share with a friend The Iowa Hawkeyes women’s basketball team continues their NCAA Tournament run tomorrow at 2:30 p.m., when they play No. 5 Colorado in the Sweet Sixteen. Speaking of: Go vote for the Naismith Fan Vote award for Caitlin Clark and coach Lisa Bluder (and ISU coach…

Celebrating the Most Demonized Iowans This Weekend

How to Stand Up to Trans Discrimination in Iowa

March 3, 2025

Share with a friend It’s Mar. 3, 2025. Amie here. It’s gotten pretty bleak for our transgender friends here in Iowa. In this newsletter, Starting Line’s Avery Staker and I are gonna talk about: what just happened, fighting for civil rights when they’re your own, and what we can do about it. 1. Here’s what…

How to Stand Up to Trans Discrimination in Iowa

🌱 Cargill Workers Strike in Cedar Rapids

October 2, 2024

Share with a friend It’s Worker Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024. Around 100 workers at Cargill Corn Milling in Cedar Rapids are officially on strike. The three-year contract between Cargill—with corn milling and soybean processing plants in the city—and workers unionized with Teamsters Local 238 expired at midnight Tuesday. But workers didn’t vote to…

🌱 Cargill Workers Strike in Cedar Rapids

The 39 Best Diners in Iowa, According to Iowans

September 5, 2023

Where are the best diners in Iowa? Here’s the list, as chosen by Iowans.

The 39 Best Diners in Iowa, According to Iowans

15 Martin Luther King Jr. Day events across Iowa in 2024

January 12, 2024

They say Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a federal holiday held this year on Jan. 15, 2024, should be “a day on, not a day off.” So in that spirit, here are some events coming up honoring—and furthering the legacy of—one of this country’s greatest civil rights leaders. (For an even more comprehensive list of…

15 Martin Luther King Jr. Day events across Iowa in 2024

Iowa sets aside almost $180 million for year two of voucher program

April 24, 2024

The Iowa Legislature set aside nearly $180 million for the state’s private school voucher program in the 2024-25 school year. This is an almost $50 million increase over original projections.

Iowa sets aside almost $180 million for year two of voucher program

Iowa Republicans unveil latest plan to arm teachers with guns

February 7, 2024

Despite Iowa Republicans calling teachers “sinister,” limiting how they can teach history and social studies, what books they can teach from, and proposing cameras in the classroom to monitor them in real-time, they apparently trust them enough to give them guns. Introduced on Wednesday, HSB 675 would allow districts, private schools, and colleges to arm…

Iowa Republicans unveil latest plan to arm teachers with guns

In Iowa, we love to drink. But no one told us alcohol causes cancer

September 16, 2025

The Hot Spot: Investigating Cancer in Iowa Share with a friend Amie here. I grew up in Iowa, where we’re steeped in a heavy drinking culture. Kids I grew up with drank by (at least) their early teens. I remember drinking in high school: bottles of Smirnoff Ice and Mike’s Hard Lemonade (what…

In Iowa, we love to drink. But no one told us alcohol causes cancer

Iowa gift guide: Local goods to give this holiday season

December 1, 2024

From artists to bakers and even Taylor Swift fans, Iowa’s entrepreneurs are worth investing in, and they’ve got the best gifts this holiday season.

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