Videos
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WATCH: Why fund public schools?
State leaders and advocates hosted over 70 school “walk-ins” on May Day, also known as International Workers Day, to show support for Iowa public schools. State Auditor Rob Sand spoke at Callanan Middle School in Des Moines about the importance of funding public education.
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WATCH: Iowa House approves medical misinformation in schools
But books with LGBTQ+ families aren’t age appropriate, riiiiight
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WATCH: Waterloo, Iowa rally for immigrants
A few hundred marched through downtown Waterloo on May 1, or International Workers Day, in support of immigrants in the community—and against state and federal policies deporting and harassing law-abiding residents.
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WATCH: What do Iowans want in a governor?
Now that we know Gov Reynolds wont be seeking reelection weve got a second to come together around what we actually want to see in Iowa’s gubernatorial candidates. Here’s Liz’s take.
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WATCH: Iowa Workers Memorial Day events
Labor organizations across the state, including in Waterloo, held Workers Memorial Day events on April 28, remembering those who died on the job for any reason in 2024.
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🌽 Cornhole Champions #22 – But her emails!!!
Gov. Kim Reynolds was unsure when asked before Congress whether the Lutheran Services of Iowa was a money laundering scheme. At a later press conference, she clarified that she doesn’t think that the church was up to no good. Now she’s suing the Des Moines Register hoping to withhold the media prep that guided the…
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WATCH: Why isn’t there money for kids in Iowa’s public schools?
“I think it’s really, really embarrassing.” Senator Sarah Trone Garriott (D-West Des Moines) normally takes great pride in the Iowa education system. But today she’s calling the lack of funding for students “shameful.” A bill that gives school districts a 2% increase per pupil has been sent to Gov. Kim Reynolds’ desk, where she’s expected…
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🌽 Cornhole Champions #21 – Reynolds’ Surprise Exit (w/ Liz Fleming)
Governor Kim Reynolds stunned us with her bombshell decision not to seek reelection in 2026, creating the first wide-open Republican primary since 2010. On this episode of Cornhole Champions, host Zachary Oren Smith is joined by Iowa Starting Line’s Amy Rivers and special guest Liz Fleming (a.k.a @LizfromIowa) to discuss how this political earthquake is…
