Iowa’s winters may be cold, but there’s plenty to warm your hands and your heart at these beautiful winter festivals across the state.
In 2018, Ashley Hinson turned on Iowans for a $1500 donation. Now she's running for a seat in the U.S. Senate, where lobbyists push harder with more money.
Iowans deserve leaders who cannot be bought by special interests.
Trump promised more jobs, economic gains, and thriving local communities. Iowa is feeling quite the opposite.
Republican Rep. Zach Nunn of Iowa's 3rd Congressional District says he'll support safety net programs for his most vulnerable constituents, but his votes say different.
Iowa Rep. Mariannette Miller Meeks’ first in-person town hall all year probably didn’t go as she had hoped. Miller-Meeks was booed when she blamed the Biden administration for farmers’ current struggles.
She also said she supports the Trump administration’s tariffs, which have strained farmers.
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As part of the deal to end the federal government shutdown, most hemp products with THC will become illegal again, meaning the burgeoning hemp industry in Iowa—and across the nation—could soon go up in smoke.
Congressman Zach Nunn tells farmers he will look out for them, then goes to DC and protects the tariffs harming their livelihoods. Does he really work for Iowans? Or is he in Washington to do Trump's bidding?
US Rep. Randy Feenstra of Iowa's 4th Congressional District is tall, as his gubernatorial campaign launch ad wants you to know.
A day before Des Moines woman Leticia Jacobo was scheduled to be released from the Polk County Jail, jail staff told Jacobo she would be turned over to ICE agents—even though Jacobo is Native American.
Ever wonder what’s keeping this whole thing—you know, America—from just totally falling apart?
It’s not the folks yelling on TV or trolling online: It’s the quiet work happening in local communities like ours.
Watch our latest Civics 101 video, written by COURIER Newsroom's Ryan Pitkin, and follow Iowa Starting Line for more.
