Workers are leaving Iowa in droves. One Iowan confronted Republican lawmakers about how striking state affirmative action policies and allowing for discrimination in professional licensure would only make the problem worse.
Legislators have been happy to prosecute abortion providers in the past. But their new move is to target Iowans who get abortions themselves, classifying the procedure as a homicide. Iowa...
Iowa Mennonites and supporters joined nationwide protests calling for Target, which is headquartered in Minneapolis, to publicly oppose the violent actions of ICE and federal agents in Minnesota.
Mennonite Action, a national organization with local chapters in Johnson, Washington, and Iowa counties, has been organizing to call for an end to the military occupation of Palestine. The “Sing Down the Doors at Target” protests were also meant to link “military-style” violence in America and Palestine.
“We are distraught by the hijacking of Christianity to justify hate and division,” Aliese Gingerich of First Mennonite Church of Iowa City said in a press release. “Christian nationalism is not Christlike. It has nothing to do with the teachings and the example of Jesus Christ, who called us to love our neighbor and to care for the vulnerable—from Palestine to Minnesota to Iowa City.”
Students at Waukee and Trailridge staged a walkout Friday to protest the Trump administration and ICE. Xavier Carrigan, Democratic candidate for Iowa's 3rd Congressional District, joined them in support.
Iowa Republicans proposed a bill to ban partnerships between public schools and libraries, which have bridged gaps in rural and urban community access to books. President of the Iowa Library Association Brittany Jacobs explained what reopening those gaps would mean for Iowa communities.
Iowa Republicans advanced a bill that would allow for citizenship status to be used as a reason to deny professional licensure, including in health care. With rural hospital closures, layoffs, and worker shortages abound, Iowans confronted lawmakers about how a bill like that would worsen the state's thinning health care system.
Iowa Republicans advanced legislation Wednesday that would make Iowa the first state in the nation to completely eliminate vaccine requirements for K-12 students. A representative of Blank Children's Hospital says the bill scares pediatricians "the most."
Read more here: https://iowastartingline.com/2026/02/05/republicans-push-eliminate-school-vaccine-requirements/
All the Republicans running to be Iowa’s governor believe life begins at conception—a belief that’s at odds with supporting in vitro fertilization (IVF).
This week, Iowa Republicans advanced a "Don't Say LGBTQ+" bill for grades 7-12. This Iowa high school student explained to lawmakers how a bill like that would impact her classmates.
As measles returns to the United States, Iowa Republicans want to remove school vaccine requirements shown to reduce spread of deadly viruses. Iowa Republicans advanced legislation Wednesday...
