The Environmental Protection Agency has overturned a 2024 ruling that sought to protect some of Iowa's largest waterways that provide drinking water for half a million people.
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.
New recession indicator just dropped: defecting Republicans.
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.
7/29/25 marked one year since Iowa’s extreme and unpopular 6-week abortion ban went into effect. The Iowa Abortion Acces Fund (@iaafund) has since helped over 870 Iowans receive care out of state—but not without great physical, mental, and financial cost.
Iowa faces a devastating cancer crisis, with the fastest growing rate of new cancers in the nation hitting close to home.
On this episode of Cornhole Champions, Zachary Oren Smith, Amie Rivers, and Liz Fleming talk about a new investigation into Iowa's cancer problem, sharing personal stories of loss and exploring potential causes from radon exposure to farming practices. Plus, why Governor Reynolds' $1 million proposal is being called a "mouse fart."
Toss some bags at Congress’ cuts to public media… the money powering Iowa’s federal elections… And why we’re talking about cancer.
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*SHOW RUNDOWN:*
0:00 - Launching Major Investigation: Iowa's Cancer Crisis
1:18 - Amy's Heartbreaking Story: Losing Grandfather & Mom to Cancer
1:57 - What is Radon? Iowa's Invisible Killer Explained
2:52 - Liz's Tragic Loss: Best Friend Katie's 395-Day Battle
4:38 - "It's Creeping Into Young People's Lives" - Cancer Stories
6:00 - Why Iowa Has America's Fastest Growing Cancer Rate
8:43 - Reynolds' $1 Million "Solution" Called "Mouse Fart"
9:43 - How University Funding Cuts Are Hurting Cancer Research
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Is Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks bought and paid for? Christina Bohannan, the Democratic candidate for Miller-Meeks’ seat, seems to think so.
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Christopher Prosch, the Republican nominee for Iowa Senate District 1, compared abortion to the Holocaust in a 2022 YouTube video with Veterans for Trump.
🚨TW: mentions of sexual violence
Christopher Prosch, the Republican nominee for Iowa Senate District 1, said victims of r*pe and inc*st should carry pregnancies to term in a 2022 YouTube video with Veterans for Trump.
