Librarians. Custodians. Middle and high school teachers.

When Iowa school administrators have to cut their budgets, they hope they can delay getting some new textbooks, or require fewer professional development classes for staff.

But when there’s nothing else to cut from the general fund anymore, it has to get a little more personal… and difficult.

It’s jobs—it’s PEOPLE—that have to be eliminated. That’s what’s happening in Waterloo Community Schools. Because of what the superintendent calls “a perfect storm,” there are 60 people whose jobs will be cut this coming school year.

✏️: Salina Heller

Will the pendulum swing back in 2026?

On Friday, US Sen. Bernie Sanders told a crowd at an immigration forum in West Liberty that undocumented people were President Donald Trump’s favorite scapegoat.

He called President Trump a demagogue and detailed the ways the current administration criminalizes undocumented immigrants to distract from the real thieves: billionaires.

Polluting rivers? Call Attorney General Brenna Bird.

Iowa's DOGE task force just released 45 recommendations for the state government. Unsurprisingly, they want to cut more social services.

Federal Medicaid cuts are expected to strip health care from 86,000 Iowans over the next ten years, but one rural hospital administrator warns the impacts could be felt in four to five months.

Christopher Prosch, the Republican candidate for Sioux City's upcoming special election, claimed US Capitol Police officers were "escorting" January 6 insurrectionists around the building. Former Capitol officer Harry Dunn says that's insulting.