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As Iowa’s supply of vaccines continue to increase from the federal government, many Iowans are searching everywhere they can online to find out where to acquire them. Last week, the state opened up vaccines to those under 65 years of age with a certain medical or health condition. Just today, Polk County announced that they…

Iowa Starting Line will be sharing historical photos of our state and our communities every morning on our Facebook page. Sometimes they’ll just be one-off interesting photos we find in archives, sometimes they’ll be a series on a specific topic. When we do a series, we’ll put all of them together in a post like…

Guest op-ed from Joy Newcom The men and women elected to lead Iowa’s cities face daunting leadership decisions tied to their COVID-19 responses. This is an unprecedented time –– a time made unpredictable by an unruly virus but also by uncommon, even unstable, state and federal leadership. For example, officials contradict one another during the…

Guest op-ed from Joy Newcom The men and women elected to lead Iowa’s cities face daunting leadership decisions tied to their COVID-19 responses. This is an unprecedented time –– a time made unpredictable by an unruly virus but also by uncommon, even unstable, state and federal leadership. For example, officials contradict one another during the…

Six Iowa Republican county parties have voted to censure Sen. Joni Ernst over her “yes” vote on the Respect for Marriage Act, while one of Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks’ home Republican county parties is openly recruiting for a primary challenger over her same vote. “[H]omosexuality clearly violates the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God, the…

Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks registered to vote at state Sen. Chris Cournoyer’s house in LeClaire on the last day for pre-registration this year, then voted in Scott County the day before the election. The Scott County Auditor’s office confirmed in response to an information request that Miller-Meeks is registered at the Great River Road address in…

To help you out during Teacher Appreciation Week (May 8-12) and year-round, we’ve compiled a list of discounts educators can claim while shopping online and in-person.

Iowa House Republicans last week passed a so-called “Back the Blue” bill, which provides more protections to law enforcement and punishes protesters in direct response to last summer’s protests of nationwide racial inequity. Democratic Rep. Christina Bohannan of Iowa City noted there are “some really problematic parts of this bill” during a time when the…