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Gov. Kim Reynolds says her 2017 law gutting collective bargaining for many state and local workers was “badly needed” and “Iowans are better for it.” But advocates for those workers say the opposite has been true in the past six years, with fewer employees handling even more work than before and paltry annual raises of…

Did you know an Iowa librarian wrote the original “Library’s Bill of Rights” as a rebuke to book banning during the rise of fascism, and it became the basis of library policy across the country?

Rob Sheitler and his wife Joyce have decorated their rural Le Mars home and yard with Christmas lights and blow molds since they built their house in 1995. In that time, the display—and the crowd coming to see it—has grown considerably. “It started out small and it has grown to be one of the largest…

As the strike of unionized Ingredion workers in Cedar Rapids continues well into its second month, company leaders publicized their side, frustrated workers promptly refuted it, and the Cedar Rapids City Council has opted to take a “work it out yourselves” approach. Ingredion, a manufacturer of starches, sweeteners, and other food products, took out a…