Kristina Hamilton, Iowa advocacy director for the American Lung Association, said the bill is important, as smoking remains the number one risk factor for lung cancer. “Eighty to 90% of lung cancer ...

Finding comfort food in Des Moines isn’t hard if you know where to look. Check out these 10 soul-filling restaurants that’ll warm you right up in the winter. The cooler months call for snuggling under ...

OTTUMWA, Iowa — Leisa and Kent Walker recently received a disturbing notice: The private company managing their son’s Medicaid coverage intends to cut nearly 40% of what it spends for caregivers who ...

I could hardly see. My vision was blurry—I felt like I was looking through a dark tunnel. I couldn’t talk and my husband had to almost carry me as I stumbled from the car into the county hospital ER.

After Waterloo, Iowa, retiree Rosetta Robinson’s daughter had a baby, the two moved out of the small apartment they shared together, expecting to get a more spacious home within a few months. That was ...

A new poll shows two Democratic state lawmakers defeating a Republican incumbent in the race for Iowa’s 3rd Congressional District. A new poll shows Republican US Rep. Zach Nunn trailing two ...

Iowa Republican lawmakers have passed a bill to boost K-12 education funding by 2%—not nearly enough to keep pace with what’s needed for a once-thriving public school system. Meanwhile, Governor Kim ...

Learn more about 12 endangered species in Iowa and what you can do to help protect them. Iowa is home to a wonderful abundance of wildlife. However, the land covering the state has changed greatly ...

All information taken from Iowa Workforce Development’s WARN Act website. Read WARN Act and Iowa WARN Act criteria here. Amie Rivers is Iowa Starting Line's newsletter editor. She writes the weekly ...

A Utah-based private equity firm is slowly selling off its Iowa mobile home parks after years of resident complaints. In one Iowa City park that Havenpark Communities still owns, residents report ...

US Rep. Ashley Hinson compared the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to socialism, but that didn’t stop her from taking credit for funds from the legislation that she voted against. The US Army ...