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If you've listened to Rep. Ashley Hinson lately, you'd think that under a new proposal, every time you pay your rent, buy a new TV or computer, or otherwise spend at least $600, a notification will pop up on the screen of an IRS employee tracking your every move....
Tuesday's Council Bluffs School Board meeting devolved into yelling, a 15-minute recess, and a call to the police over the district's decision to reimplement a mask requirement. From the beginning of the public comment session, the overwhelmingly anti-masking crowd...
A group of parents with children who have disabilities, backed by the American Civil Liberties Union, filed a lawsuit Friday to block and strike down Iowa’s law banning schools from requiring students and faculty to wear masks. The argument in the case is that...
Abortion rights are back to being uncertain in America and in Iowa. A majority in the US Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to stop the implementation of a Texas law, known as SB 8, that severely shortens the window during which women can seek abortions and includes...
You could call Tuesday’s Woodbury County Board of Supervisors meeting an airing of grievances as activists, community members, and union officials clashed with board members over the use of American Rescue Plan funds. The reason for the conflict is the upcoming...
Many COVID-conscious Iowa parents were mostly worried about the new school year a month ago, but now they’re frustrated too. For many, they’ve spent the past year at home with their children, limiting trips outside and wearing masks when they did. When they were able,...
Although Midwestern meatpacking plants became global hotspots for COVID-19 last April and May amid lax safety precautions, many employees have mixed feelings on taking the vaccine to protect themselves against new waves of the virus. And there's also concern, as well...
Every year, thousands of Iowans break out their oars and their paddles so they can take advantage of the state’s many lakes and rivers. And every year, more and more, they find green, streaky water, algae blooms, and swimming advisories. Megan McDowell went paddling...
Thousands of miles of water run through Iowa, and every year an outpouring of hundreds of volunteers fan out to take care of them. One of those efforts is Iowa Project AWARE (A Watershed Awareness River Expedition), an annual volunteer effort to remove trash from a...
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds on Thursday night took the stage in Orlando, Florida with four other rising Republican governors to boast about Iowa’s lax COVID-19 policies, especially the state’s early pandemic in-person learning mandates. “[The federal government] sent $95...
Former Secretary of State John Kerry on Thursday hopped on an Iowa-organized Earth Day Zoom call with state and national climate leaders to encourage a reassertion of climate authority following years of avoidance. Conferencing in from the White House’s China Room,...
The Iowa Senate on Wednesday advanced justice system funding that Democrats say is too low in light of the recent murder of two employees at the Anamosa state penitentiary. Passed through the Senate Appropriations Committee 11-8 with Democrats opposed, the bill...
America’s immigration surges are also an Iowa problem, say immigration experts, despite Gov. Kim Reynolds's recent admittal that she declined federal requests to accept migrant children in Iowa, noting their settlement in the U.S. is President Joe Biden’s "problem."...
Iowa House Democrats put up a long but unsuccessful fight last week over Republican efforts to establish public funding for privately-run charter schools—a years-long attempt that Democrats have been working hard this session to stop. Democrats spent over five hours...
Iowa House Republicans on Tuesday likened concepts like implicit bias and systemic racism to an updated version of Marxism, or class warfare, saying the teaching of the ideas contradicts Iowa’s hope to not “see skin color.” Before the House advanced along party lines...
It is going to be 25 years since I married my Iowan husband. We had a beautiful ceremony on an island off the coast of Mexico. Unfortunately, my husband’s family was not able to attend our wedding, but I always pictured that if they joined mine, it would resemble a...
During an Iowa Caucus season packed with multi-candidate forums, Rep. Abby Finkenauer's labor-focused Fish Fry in Cedar Rapids was easily overshadowed in the national press by the state party's flashy Liberty and Justice mega-event held the day previous. But last...
Whether you are a Democrat or a Republican in Iowa, the way races played out up and down the ballot Tuesday night was surprising. The “blue wave” Democrats were counting on after four years of President Trump was in fact a red one that swept through the Des Moines...
Whether you are a Democrat or a Republican in Iowa, the way races played out up and down the ballot Tuesday night was surprising. The “blue wave” Democrats were counting on after four years of President Trump was in fact a red one that swept through the Des Moines...
Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst secured a second term on Tuesday night after a long-fought race against Theresa Greenfield that kept people guessing which way this swing state would break. The Associated Press called the race at 11:37 p.m. for Ernst. The senator leads Greenfield...
Democrat Theresa Greenfield is a scrappy farm kid who knows the price of corn. Republican Joni Ernst is a member of President Donald Trump’s inner circle, working with him to defeat a dangerous liberal agenda. That’s how the U.S. Senate candidates sold themselves to...
Democrat Theresa Greenfield is a scrappy farm kid who knows the price of corn. Republican Joni Ernst is a member of President Donald Trump’s inner circle, working with him to defeat a dangerous liberal agenda. That’s how the U.S. Senate candidates sold themselves to...
The battle for control of the Iowa Statehouse is getting even more interesting as we're about to reach the finish line. The last finance report put out Friday shows new races coming onto the board late for Democrats, while Republicans have fully pulled out of some...
The face of the Iowa House could be changing soon, and hopefully it may begin to mirror the face of the diversity in our state. It is evident that more and more women are getting involved in politics. More women are running for office, but still, women in the Iowa...
The face of the Iowa House could be changing soon, and hopefully it may begin to mirror the face of the diversity in our state. It is evident that more and more women are getting involved in politics. More women are running for office, but still, women in the Iowa...
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...
Instead of handshakes, there were elbow bumps. Rather than town hall meetings and rallies, small groups gathered on their own turf: on a farm, a union hall, a local restaurant. For Democrats, campaigning amid the coronavirus pandemic means meeting people where they...
Instead of handshakes, there were elbow bumps. Rather than town hall meetings and rallies, small groups gathered on their own turf: on a farm, a union hall, a local restaurant. For Democrats, campaigning amid the coronavirus pandemic means meeting people where they...
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...
