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Meet Zach Lahn: a Koch-connected political operative running for Iowa governor
Iowa’s new Republican nominee for governor Zach Lahn campaigned as an outsider farmer fighting the political establishment. But before he was “Iowa First,” he was a Koch-connected political operative who blocked Medicaid expansion in Montana, co-founded a Koch-funded private school in Kansas, and barely met Iowa’s residency requirement to run. A look at his resume.
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Yes, Iowa still has queer community. And this month, we’re spotlighting it
Iowa news organizations often have bad news for us in the queer community these days. But we’re trying something new this month at Iowa Starting Line: Finding queer community.
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Guest post: Don’t give Bayer a free pass when Iowa has high rate of cancer
When the state of Iowa has the second-highest cancer incidence rate and fastest growing rate of new cancer, we have no business handing agrichemical corporations a “get out of jail free” card for the dangerous products they put on the market.
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Iowa House passes 2.25% increase for schools, less than Democrats’ 5%
The Iowa House passed a bill Thursday with a 2.25% per-pupil funding increase alongside other funding changes for Iowa’s public K-12 schools.
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‘This is what grief has looked like for me’—ISL editor opens up about spouse’s death
Amie Rivers returns to work after taking time off to grieve the death of her spouse.
