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Why Iowa has the same skin cancer rate as Arizona

August 26, 2025

The Hot Spot: Investigating Cancer in Iowa Share with a friend For decades, tanning used to be a regular part of some (mainly white) folks’ beauty routines. In my parents’ era, that meant slathering on tanning oil and lying out in a swimsuit in direct sunlight. In my era, that meant frequenting a tanning salon,…

Why Iowa has the same skin cancer rate as Arizona

The 36 Best Breweries In Iowa, According to Iowans

July 17, 2023

What’s the best brewery in Iowa? It’s a tough question to answer. There are too many good ones! So we put it to you for the definitive list.

The 36 Best Breweries In Iowa, According to Iowans

Senate Republicans pass bill that could allow discrimination on religious grounds

February 20, 2024

Sen. Liz Bennett (D-Cedar Rapids)—Iowa’s only out LGBTQ senator—is fed up with seeing queer Iowans continue to be attacked by her Republican colleagues. “I am sick and tired of my community being the target of mean-spirited discriminatory bills written by Republican politicians,” she said during a Tuesday Iowa Senate debate over a bill she and…

Senate Republicans pass bill that could allow discrimination on religious grounds

Iowa Latinos rally to oppose new ‘unjust’ law targeting their community

May 2, 2024

Iowa’s new anti-immigrant law is based on a Texas law that some argue is unconstitutional Jose Alvarado wasn’t shocked when Republicans in the Iowa Legislature passed a bill targeting Iowa’s immigrant community, or when Gov. Kim Reynolds signed it into law. “I wasn’t surprised because I know the governor doesn’t have a good feeling about…

Iowa Latinos rally to oppose new ‘unjust’ law targeting their community

Rushing: Iowa State president said the quiet part out loud

April 26, 2024

I want to thank Iowa State University President Wendy Wintersteen for doing us all a favor by finally saying the quiet part out loud: all the pushback on diversity is about protecting whiteness above all. While speaking to the Iowa Board of Regents on Thursday during a discussion on how all three regent universities are…

If you want to retain Iowa teachers, vote in school board elections

October 24, 2023

Want to stop the mass exodus of quality teachers from leaving Iowa? Want to make sure they’re not only paid fairly, but feel like their district has their back? Turns out, your vote on Nov. 7 could mean the difference between a school board that cares about teachers and a board that just wants to…

If you want to retain Iowa teachers, vote in school board elections

VIDEOS: Iowa House and Senate debate ban on basic income programs

March 18, 2024

UpLift—The Central Iowa Basic Income program has reported making strides in studying the impacts of no-strings-attached monthly income for Iowans needing it most, but Iowa Republicans aren’t hearing it. HF 2319 is a bill to ban local governments from participating in such programs without state permission, and it passed the House after much debate around…

VIDEOS: Iowa House and Senate debate ban on basic income programs

War On Workers Is Over (If You Want It)

April 10, 2024

News for working Iowans The newsletter for the Iowa worker. It’s Wednesday, Apr. 10, 2024. Democrats may be in the minority in the Iowa Legislature, but that doesn’t mean they’re not still trying to pass meaningful legislation to help Iowa’s workers. This year, that includes an Iowa House proposal to amend the Iowa Constitution…

Christmas tree farms and holiday light displays to visit in Iowa

December 22, 2023

Make merry memories at these 17 holiday light shows and Christmas tree farms across Iowa.

Christmas tree farms and holiday light displays to visit in Iowa

Public hearing set for Gov. Reynolds’ anti-trans bill

February 6, 2024

PUBLIC HEARING UPDATE: A public hearing has been set for Iowa Gov. Reynolds’ most recent anti-trans bill, which was renumbered to House File 2389. The bill would establish legal definitions of gendered terms like “man,” “woman,” “mother,” and “father,” and require trans Iowans to have special birth certificates and use separate facilities in public facilities.…

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