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Republicans cruised to large victories in multiple statewide races Tuesday evening, while also defending their three congressional districts and maybe capturing all four. Zach Nunn claimed victory Tuesday night, although incumbent Democratic Rep. Cindy Axne is waiting to ensure all votes are counted in a race separated by only 2,000 votes. Republicans also added to…

If there’s one constant in Iowa politics, it’s this: We’re always in the middle of everything. Despite many analysts and operatives’ attempts to write Iowa off of the competitive 2022 battleground map, there’s late momentum and intrigue growing on the ground in the Hawkeye state. Chief among them is the US Senate race, where Sen.…

As Iowa lawmakers kick off the 2023 session today, advocates for Iowa’s working people worry majority Republicans will continue to pass more legislation that will hurt working families. “I just hope there aren’t any more economic attacks,” said Felicia Hilton, political director of the North Central States Regional Council of Carpenters. “It’s really impacting families.”…

We asked staffers at Courier Newsroom, Iowa Starting Line’s parent company, to share recommendations for books to read this summer. Here’s what we came up with. Okay, confession: I started gathering information for this story in part because I was looking for book recommendations before I took off on vacation. As you read this, chances…

From Lyon County to Lee County, Fremont to Allamakee, Iowans all over the state will see improvements to their roads and bridges. The Iowa Transportation Commission approved the Iowa Department of Transportation’s five-year Transportation Improvement Program on Tuesday, greenlighting the hundreds of proposed highway infrastructure projects across the state. A large part of the funding…

The important June 7 primary election is fast approaching in Iowa, with early voting already underway at local county auditor’s offices. As more Iowans tune into the campaigns in the final weeks, the biggest contest is the race to take on Sen. Chuck Grassley. Three Democrats are facing off for the party’s nomination, hoping to…

It’s tempting, easy, or—let’s be honest—lazy to only think of Iowa as a flat state divided into squares of corn and soybeans. That’s what everyone else thinks of us, looking down from their airplane as it flies over, right? Sure, we’re an agricultural state. Many of Iowa’s once-defining features of windswept prairies, wild woodlands, and…

State, city and county food inspectors have cited Iowa restaurants and stores for hundreds of food-safety violations during the past four weeks, including insects in customers’ food and filthy kitchens. One fast-food restaurant in Des Moines agreed to close, for the second time in 13 months, after being cited for recurring violations related to unsanitary…