Iowa Rep. Mariannette Miller Meeks’ first in-person town hall all year probably didn’t go as she had hoped. Miller-Meeks was booed when she blamed the Biden administration for farmers’ current ...

There’s a major shortage of rural doctors, and it won’t get better anytime soon. The VA is also cutting 30,000 doctors and nurses. All information taken from Iowa Workforce Development’s WARN Act ...

In 2018, Ashley Hinson turned on Iowans for a $1500 donation. Now she's running for a seat in the U.S. Senate, where lobbyists push harder with more money. Iowans deserve leaders who cannot be bought ...

Amie Rivers is Iowa Starting Line's newsletter editor. She writes the weekly Worker’s Almanac edition of Iowa Starting Line, featuring a roundup of the worker news you need to know. Previously, she ...

Congressman Zach Nunn tells farmers he will look out for them, then goes to DC and protects the tariffs harming their livelihoods. Does he really work for Iowans? Or is he in Washington to do Trump's ...

Trump promised more jobs, economic gains, and thriving local communities. Iowa is feeling quite the opposite.

In case you missed it: Iowa's city and school elections are on Nov. 4.

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 ...

For years, Miller-Meeks took thousands from pharmaceutical companies, and she received $1,000 from an insulin manufacturer on the day she voted against a bill to cap insulin prices. Before voting ...

The former Des Moines Public School superintendent’s arrest by ICE has garnered international attention and prompted a closer look at his background. The Des Moines School Board accepted the ...

Research shows that reading fiction encourages empathy. While more high school curriculums should include modern, diverse writers like Amy Tan and Malala Yousafzai, certain classics—like John ...