From getting long-lasting birth control to removing fallopian tubes, some Iowans are taking drastic measures as Iowa begins a six-week abortion ban and President Donald Trump takes office next month.
The Johnston High School varsity team will compete at Nike Cross Nationals in Portland, Oregon, on Saturday, Dec. 7, after qualifying at Nike Cross Regional in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, in November.
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds last week announced she would again ask for a waiver to not have to administer a federal program that ensures children don’t go hungry in the summer when school is out. The...
State Sen. Sarah Trone Garriott of Windsor Heights was cold-calling the local school district. An employee was among a group of new citizens who Secretary of State Paul Pate targeted for additional screening. If the employee didn’t show additional IDs to the auditor, their vote wouldn’t count.
The Democrat from Windsor Heights was out curing ballots after her opponent called for a recount. She had known about the ballots Pate challenged. But she found many people whose ballots were challenged had incomplete or incorrect information on how long they had to fix it.
On this episode of Cornhole Champions, host Zachary Oren Smith chats with Trone Garriott about her recount and the impact the Secretary of State’s targeting had.
Iowa Starting Line’s community editor Amie Rivers joins to talk big developments in carbon capture pipelines, the governor’s call for a new Farm Bill, a case of child labor being in Sioux City and the official certification of the 2024 election results.
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1. Wolf Carbon Solutions withdrawals bid for eastern Iowa CO2 pipeline (Iowa Starting Line): https://iowastartingline.com/2024/12/02/wolf-carbon-solutions-adm-capture-co2/
2. GOP governors urge reauthorization of Farm Bill, call 2018 bill ‘outdated’ (Iowa Capital Dispatch): https://iowacapitaldispatch.com/briefs/gop-governors-urge-reauthorization-of-farm-bill-call-2018-bill-outdated/
3. Sanitation contractor for Sioux City pork plant fined for using child labor (The Des Moines Register): https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/money/agriculture/2024/12/03/investigation-finds-contractor-hired-11-children-at-iowa-pork-plant-seaboard-triumph-sioux-city/76661898007/?utm_source=desmoinesregister-newsalert-strada&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsalert&utm_term=hero&utm_content=pdem-des-moines-nletter04
4. Miller-Meeks’ narrow win, rest of Iowa’s 2024 election results officially certified (The Gazette): https://www.thegazette.com/campaigns-elections/miller-meeks-narrow-win-rest-of-iowas-2024-election-results-officially-certified/
Sen. Sarah Trone Garriott is a Democrat reelected to represent Senate District 22.
Cornhole Champions is a weekly podcast powered by Iowa Starting Line with music by Avery Mossman. We are a proud member of the Iowa Writers Collaborative. For more, check out its roundup of local writers: https://iowawriters.substack.com/
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Once cold weather hits, these 10 small towns in Iowa transform into winter wonderlands that offer seasonal fun for the whole family.
Drake University will offer full tuition to Iowa students with two initiatives: Bulldog Promise and Bright College Pathway.
With the holidays fast approaching, Iowans have plenty of ways to celebrate an array of traditions. Here are the best holiday events happening in Iowa this year.
When the Iowa Legislature returns to Des Moines in January, the chambers will only have gotten redder. Iowa Democrats did not have many successes this November. Meanwhile, Republicans expanded their majorities. The Iowa Senate will have a 35-15 Republican majority; the House will have a 67-33 majority.
On this episode of Cornhole Champions, host Zachary Oren Smith spoke to House Minority Leader Jennifer Konfrst, a Democrat from Windsor Heights, about what levers of power are available to the minority.
Iowa Starting Line’s community editor Amie Rivers joins to talk about Iowa’s refusal to make use of existing support for hungry Iowans and new data on abortion in Iowa.
Cornhole Champions is a weekly podcast powered by Iowa Starting Line with music by Avery Mossman. We are a member of the Iowa Writers Collaborative. For more, check out its roundup of local writers.
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1. Hundreds of Iowans had additional barriers to clear before they could vote this year. And a survey of nearly every county auditor found that the majority of people who came into vote were eligible to vote (The Des Moines Register): https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/11/26/iowa-secretary-of-state-paul-pate-challenged-voter-citizenship-how-many-voted-election-2024/76432448007/
2. The Iowa Hunger Coalition and other anti-hunger advocates called on Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds to apply for Summer EBT after the federal government rejected her alternate program (Iowa Starting Line): https://iowastartingline.com/2024/11/25/summer-ebt-iowa/https://iowastartingline.com/2024/11/25/summer-ebt-iowa/
3. The new data show a monthly average of 400 clinician-provided abortions in Iowa in the first six months of 2024. After the six-week ban went into effect on July 29, the number of abortions dropped to an estimated 250 in August, a decrease of 38% from the average over the first six months of the year (The Guttmacher Institute): https://www.guttmacher.org/news-release/2024/iowa-had-nearly-40-drop-clinician-provided-abortions-first-month-six-week-ban
Rep. Jennifer Konfrst of Windsor Heights is the House Minority Leader in the Iowa Legislature.
The Iowa Hunger Coalition and other anti-hunger advocates called on Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds to apply for Summer EBT after the federal government rejected her alternate program.
