The country is reeling after the new Iowa Poll had Harris 3 percentage points ahead of Trump in Iowa. Just days before the 2024 election, the Hawkeye State is on the map. Saturday afternoon, Iowa GOP Chair Jeff Kaufmann was excited. The new Des Moines...
Republican US Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks says the use of dark super PAC money in politics is “kind of like Hezbollah and Hamas being proxies for Iran.” Miller-Meeks has a PAC. Since 2010’s Citizens United v. FEC, it is estimated that more than $2.8 billion has...
Naturalized citizens are asking a federal judge to rescind an order from the Iowa Secretary of State requiring them to jump through more hoops to have their vote counted. The judge could have a ruling by Sunday. Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate, a Republican, is...
Something has changed in Iowa. But we can remember to love our neighbors again. Pastor Kyle says, "Now turn to and extend the peace of Christ to your neighbor: 'The peace of Christ be with you. And also, with you.'” This moment—where congregants turn left and right...
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Iowa’s Republican Secretary of State has challenged a list of people he claims are ineligible to vote. Iowa Starting Line spoke with one person on that list, a US citizen who wonders why the state is challenging his right to vote. Just one day before the 2023 local...
We need strong, fully-funded public schools. The future of our communities—and our state—depends on it.
Sue Cahill is dedicated to education and representing the voices of Iowans in the Iowa House.
Randy Meier of Clinton wants to protect Iowans from scams, and get more support for public schools and teachers. For the last 12 years, Randy Meier has worked to prevent senior fraud for the Clinton County Sheriff’s Department. He remembered one instance where a...
A new email obtained by Starting Line offers a look into how the state plans to challenge more than 2,000 Iowa voters on Election Day. Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate is telling poll workers to challenge a list of certain voters on Election Day, and saying his...
