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It has been nearly a year since the tragic murder of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police officers. The event sparked the most powerful protests against racial injustice in recent history. Tragedy has transformed our country before, and this would not be...
When Republicans retained full control of Iowa government in the 2020 elections, Democrats knew full well they would face another challenging legislative session. But GOP legislators have pushed the boundaries of hot-button Iowa partisan issues during the first month...
A Western Iowa legislator who believes Democrats stole the 2020 election from Donald Trump and called America's current political situation a "war" will announce his candidacy for longtime Sen. Chuck Grassley's seat on Monday. It's unclear yet whether Grassley, 87,...
In what’s been described as a “disastrous week in education” by public school advocates, the Iowa Senate last Thursday pushed forward a sweeping school privatization bill, followed by Gov. Kim Reynolds signing on Friday a requirement that schools now offer a 100%...
As you've probably noticed, Iowa Starting Line has been rather quiet lately. I've decided to stop publishing for the time being as I consider significant changes to our operation or whether to continue on at all. In reality, this hiatus began at the start of December,...
The race between Democrat Rita Hart and Republican Mariannette Miller-Meeks may come down to single digits as Iowans and politics watchers across the country wait for counties to certify their recount results in the closest U.S. House race in the country. The margin...
The race between Democrat Rita Hart and Republican Mariannette Miller-Meeks may come down to single digits as Iowans and politics watchers across the country wait for counties to certify their recount results in the closest U.S. House race in the country. The margin...
The race between Democrat Rita Hart and Republican Mariannette Miller-Meeks may come down to single digits as Iowans and politics watchers across the country wait for counties to certify their recount results in the closest U.S. House race in the country. The margin...
A school district in Southeast Iowa is turning to its staff to help volunteer at the local hospital as COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths continue at a record-breaking pace across the state. In Burlington, where the public school district and Catholic high...
Civil rights activist Willie Mae Wright wasn't going to let the pandemic prevent her from casting her vote at the polls. The 88-year-old was going to don her protective gear and make her way to Waterloo’s Ward 4 Precinct 1 polling location, and no one was going to...
I watch the news every morning, but by now the political commercials are driving me crazy — one after another attacking each other. Like many of you, I cannot wait until Election Day so I don't have to listen to one more commercial. Most Republican commercials have a...
I watch the news every morning, but by now the political commercials are driving me crazy — one after another attacking each other. Like many of you, I cannot wait until Election Day so I don't have to listen to one more commercial. Most Republican commercials have a...
I watch the news every morning, but by now the political commercials are driving me crazy — one after another attacking each other. Like many of you, I cannot wait until Election Day so I don't have to listen to one more commercial. Most Republican commercials have a...
It was a Friday afternoon in Maquoketa, and state Rep. Andy McKean was huddled around a piano with a longtime local radio broadcaster in the town’s historic Decker House Hotel for some “good old fashioned campaigning.” Good old fashioned campaigning looks the same as...
Go to just about any community event in Black Hawk County and it seems like County Supervisor Chris Schwartz is there—and not because he’s running for re-election (which he is) or looking for media attention. Quite the opposite, actually. Schwartz seems oblivious to...
What began as a professional relationship between an Iowan and a long-shot presidential candidate morphed into more than a decade of friendship with one of the most well-known families in American politics. Jim Mowrer walked into Joe Biden's Iowa campaign office in...
What began as a professional relationship between an Iowan and a long-shot presidential candidate morphed into more than a decade of friendship with one of the most well-known families in American politics. Jim Mowrer walked into Joe Biden's Iowa campaign office in...
What began as a professional relationship between an Iowan and a long-shot presidential candidate morphed into more than a decade of friendship with one of the most well-known families in American politics. Jim Mowrer walked into Joe Biden's Iowa campaign office in...
Since 1984, the Brown & Black Forums of America—the oldest minority-focused presidential forum in the nation—has been hosting presidential candidate debates. This year, they decided to add a second event. On Tuesday, they hosted the first-ever Make It Count Voter...
Since 1984, the Brown & Black Forums of America—the oldest minority-focused presidential forum in the nation—has been hosting presidential candidate debates. This year, they decided to add a second event. On Tuesday, they hosted the first-ever Make It Count Voter...
Since 1984, the Brown & Black Forums of America—the oldest minority-focused presidential forum in the nation—has been hosting presidential candidate debates. This year, they decided to add a second event. On Tuesday, they hosted the first-ever Make It Count Voter...
For the last few years, I have partnered with different organizations in my attempt to inform the Latino community in Iowa about the political process. The best tool I have is my Spanish podcast, Que Pasa Iowa? From the complex changes to the caucus process this...
State Sen. Brad Zaun wants you to know that he has the back of working families... it's just not clear which country's working families he's talking about. In Zaun's latest TV ad attacking his Democratic challenger Rhonda Martin, the incumbent Republican senator uses...
November 18, 2020 will be the eight-year anniversary of Derrick Ambrose Jr.’s death by Waterloo Police Department officer Kyle Law. Ambrose was killed exactly two weeks after his 22nd birthday. That makes this time of year doubly hard for his mother, Toyia Ambrose...
November 18, 2020 will be the eight-year anniversary of Derrick Ambrose Jr.’s death by Waterloo Police Department officer Kyle Law. Ambrose was killed exactly two weeks after his 22nd birthday. That makes this time of year doubly hard for his mother, Toyia Ambrose...
Today is National Night Out, a nationwide community-building campaign hosted annually for 36 years in 16,000 communities (and in 61 cities in Iowa) that “enhances the relationship between neighbors and law enforcement while bringing back a true sense of community,”...
On Sunday, Ron Steele of KWWL’s The Steele Report moderated the debate for Black Hawk County Sheriff candidates, Tony Thompson (Democrat), the current sheriff seeking a fourth term and Dan Trelka (Republican), a BHC supervisor who spent 10 years as the Waterloo Police...
A prominent political action committee of Republicans devoted to defeating President Donald Trump and his “enablers” said they’re looking with renewed focus at Sen. Joni Ernst’s race with 31 days until the election. The Lincoln Project, founded and run by...
Construction on the new $8.1 million grocery store complex which will house a grocery store, restaurant, community center, and Clean Laundry is scheduled to begin on November 4 at 227 Franklin Street in Waterloo, next door to the CVS. But these are not your...
Construction on the new $8.1 million grocery store complex which will house a grocery store, restaurant, community center, and Clean Laundry is scheduled to begin on November 4 at 227 Franklin Street in Waterloo, next door to the CVS. But these are not your...
