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🌽Cornhole Champions #8 – Best seats for the billionaires (with Rep. J. D. Scholten, Sen. Zach Wahls, and Austin Frerick)

January 22, 2025

Toss some bags and complain with us about the country’s political alignment with the richest people on earth. Bright ideas: campaign finance reform and lots of it. 🌽Cornhole Champions #8 – Best seats for the billionaires (with Rep. J. D. Scholten, Sen. Zach Wahls, and Austin Frerick) by Zachary Oren Smith Toss some bags and…

Cornhole Champions #8: Best seats for billionaires (with J.D. Scholten, Zach Wahls & Austin Frerick)

January 22, 2025

It’s week one of the Trump presidency. If the fat reem of executive orders didn’t bother you, than the 11 trillion dollars dressed as people on the inauguration stage should. These are the people with the president’s ear and the rest of us can’t even get inside to watch the inauguration. On this episode of…

Cornhole Champions #8: Best seats for billionaires (with J.D. Scholten, Zach Wahls & Austin Frerick)

OPINION: Iowans need to stand up to agricultural monopolies for the sake of our water

August 6, 2025

After years of consolidation in the agriculture industry, just a handful of companies control how our water is treated. When political leaders and regulators were focused on ensuring a distributed economy that supported diversified farming operations, small farmers, and thriving rural towns, there were less nitrates in the water. Unfortunately, when Iowa officials decided to…

OPINION: Iowans need to stand up to agricultural monopolies for the sake of our water

An immigration success story in the heartland

November 6, 2025

As ICE raids terrorize communities large and small, Americans should take a lesson from this Iowa town: We’re stronger when everyone is free to participate and contribute.

An immigration success story in the heartland

Iowa’s trees are at full color

October 28, 2025

Plus: Protests, rallies, and more Share with a friend Amie here. It’s Tuesday, so I’ve got protests/events, a quick authoritarianism explainer, and this week’s must-see video. But first: It’s *finally* peak fall color season up in Northeast Iowa, two or three weeks late! My backyard maple and mulberry trees. (Amie River/Iowa Starting Line) If you…

Education has motivated Rep. Sue Cahill’s private and political life

October 24, 2024

Sue Cahill is dedicated to education and representing the voices of Iowans in the Iowa House.

Overwhelming yes to $265M Des Moines school bond referendum

November 5, 2025

The $265 million Des Moines Public Schools bond proposal prevailed in Tuesday’s election, according to unofficial results, overcoming doubts about the measure’s prospects following the arrest of former district superintendent Ian Roberts.

Overwhelming yes to $265M Des Moines school bond referendum

Gov. Reynolds names IA Sen. Chris Cournoyer as new Lt. Gov

December 16, 2024

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds has announced state Sen. Chris Cournoyer will be her new lieutenant governor.

Gov. Reynolds names IA Sen. Chris Cournoyer as new Lt. Gov

‘There’s no reason:’ Iowans question motive of Republican library bills

February 8, 2024

Librarians don’t want it. The public doesn’t want it. Even the Iowa Leagues of Cities is undecided on the matter, but Iowa Republicans want to change the law to diminish the authority of local library boards and make the institutions more susceptible to political whims. These points and more were raised on Thursday during an…

‘There’s no reason:’ Iowans question motive of Republican library bills

Waterloo Pledges To Go Carbon-Free On Energy By 2035, Only 4th City in US To Do So

July 19, 2022

The City of Waterloo committed to using only renewable energy sources citywide by 2035, only the fourth city in the US to pledge to do so. The resolution, which notes the city will achieve 24/7 carbon-free electricity, passed unanimously during Monday night’s meeting. “It is easy to fall into climate nihilism—that the problem is ‘too…

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