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Ames crowd has thoughts on data centers….

July 14, 2026

Plus: Protests and reader soundoff Share with a friend Amie here. Another hot week is upon us! How are you beating the heat? Reply and tell me. In this issue: Events and protests, this week’s viral post on an Ames data center listening session, and readers keep telling me why they’re totally gonna unsubscribe…

Ames crowd has thoughts on data centers….

10 Iowa Small Towns You Must Make The Time To Explore

July 5, 2023

There’s much more to Iowa than its urban areas. The state is home to a wide range of rural areas with small-town charm, beautiful panoramic views, and deep history.

10 Iowa Small Towns You Must Make The Time To Explore

Support Independent Journalism in Iowa

April 23, 2026

Donate Iowa Starting Line is dedicated to making sure people across Iowa have access to clear, factual reporting about the issues shaping our state—from decisions in Des Moines to the real-life impact on communities across the Hawkeye State. But across the country, local news is disappearing. As newspapers close and coverage shrinks, too many communities…

Shocker: Iowa private schools raising their tuition

June 16, 2026

Plus: Protests and reader soundoff Share with a friend Amie here. I’m back from vacation (babysitting my adorable nephew) and trying to catch up on everything—so this’ll be quick! In this issue: Events and protests, this week’s viral post, and new readers got kinda mad last week! Amie Rivers Newsletter Editor, Iowa Starting Line…

Shocker: Iowa private schools raising their tuition

Weiner: A Special Session To Ban Abortion Helps No One

June 30, 2023

With the ink barely dry on the Iowa Supreme Court’s split decision on the six-week abortion ban, the Iowa legislature already seems headed for a special session. For perspective, the ban that has been permanently enjoined passed in 2018, in a very different legal environment. All Republicans who voted for it knew it was unconstitutional…

Weiner: A Special Session To Ban Abortion Helps No One

Biden Administration Buying Electric Buses For Iowa

June 27, 2023

The Biden administration is helping Iowa get its public transportation up to current standards by directing $43 million to the state for electric buses and related infrastructure. The US Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced Monday 130 awards totaling nearly $1.7 billion to fund transit projects in 46 states and territories, including Iowa’s…

Biden Administration Buying Electric Buses For Iowa

Researchers call for stricter health standards for Iowa waterways

October 27, 2025

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources has just completed taking public input as it considers strengthening Iowa drinking water standards.

Researchers call for stricter health standards for Iowa waterways

New Legislators: Adam Zabner Brings Youthful Voice To Iowa House

January 18, 2023

Adam Zabner only thought it was natural that what he thinks is Iowa’s youngest house district be represented by someone who is close in age to its primary constituents. The 23-year-old is the new representative for Iowa House District 90 in Iowa City, which includes most of the dorms at the University of Iowa, Kinnick…

New Legislators: Adam Zabner Brings Youthful Voice To Iowa House

Eastern Iowa Meatpacking Plant Workers Are Organizing And Winning

December 29, 2022

Ninoska Campos is a force to be reckoned with. She speaks little English, but is a native Spanish speaker—a language spoken by many immigrant meatpacking and farm workers in many southeastern Iowa manufacturing towns. Over the past year and a half, she has rallied those workers, bringing them to local meetings and encouraging them to…

Eastern Iowa Meatpacking Plant Workers Are Organizing And Winning

‘We see it as a trap’: Iowa workers chart new path to union

July 30, 2026

Inside: News about and for the working class Share with a friend Welcome to Thursday’s Almanac, for and about Iowa’s workers. If break time’s over, here’s the tl;dr: ‘Nobody is gonna come save us:’ Iowa’s university workers form a different kind of union. Legal Haitian workers who came here legally are suddenly not legal.…

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