Videos
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Iowa Health clinics cut services as GOP axes over $1 trillion from Medicaid and the ACA
Art Cullen broke down what GOP cuts to Medicaid and the ACA could mean for Iowans who rely on local clinics, emergency care and hospitals that are already stretched thin.
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Gubernatorial candidate Zach Lahn says he wants to take abortion restrictions “further”
Iowa already has one of the strictest abortion bans in the country, blocking most care after six weeks. Now Republican gubernatorial nominee Zach Lahn says he wants to take restrictions even further.
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13 data centers near their small Iowa town, and now a gas plant could be coming
With more than a dozen existing or proposed data centers in their backyard—and now a proposed gas plant, too—Jenny and Abe Kellison of Fairfax joined others to help form Save Morgan Valley to try to slow the damage being done to their town.
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Federal judge blocks Iowa from banning use of SNAP to buy candy and soda
Watch to learn how Iowa bypassed the federal definition of “food” to ban SNAP users from buying candy and soda, until a federal judge stepped in and blocked it.
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Rep. James highlights abysmal state of women’s health care in Iowa
State Rep. Lindsay James is warning that Iowa’s maternal health system is already stretched thin. James, who is running for Congress in Iowa’s 2nd District, pointed to the state’s OB-GYN shortage and rural care deserts as Iowa’s six-week abortion ban continues to limit reproductive health care access.
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A congressman showed up at his house. Then his campaign tried to knock him off the ballot.
A Libertarian candidate in one of Iowa’s most competitive House races was knocked off the November ballot. Before that happened, the Republican congressman showed up at his house.
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Cedar Valley LGBTQ+ Coalition: Events where you can come as you are
With events from a youth prom to Queersgiving, the Cedar Valley LGBTQ+ Coalition is proving the theory that queer joy is a radical act.
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Rainbow Faith Coalition Des Moines: ‘God actually does love everyone’
Religion has been used as a cudgel against LGBTQ+ Iowans. Wes Mullins helped start the Rainbow Faith Coalition to counter that messaging in the legislature and the wider community.
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Quad Cities anchor gives emotional on-air resignation over ‘sanitized’ news
Davenport anchor Dustin Nolan resigned from his on-air role with KWQC , using his final sign-off to call for local journalism that does more than chase trends or deliver “sanitized” stories. “The facts matter,” Nolan told viewers, adding that journalism should push people outside their comfort zones.
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Rob Sand responds to Iowa’s recent low education ranking
For the first time in Iowa’s history, our education ranking has fallen into the bottom half of states and now sits at 27th in the nation, according to the 2026 Kids Count Data Book.
