Zachary Oren Smith is your friendly neighborhood reporter. He leads Starting Line’s political coverage where he investigates corruption, housing affordability and the future of work. For nearly a ...

Have an event to add? Email Amie Rivers, [email protected] with details (please send details at least one week before the event). Amie Rivers is Iowa Starting Line's newsletter editor. She writes the ...

If you’re from the Des Moines area, you probably know the name Evelyn K. Davis. There’s a park named after her, a community center, and more. But who was Evelyn K. Davis, and why does her legacy still ...

Zachary Oren Smith is your friendly neighborhood reporter. He leads Starting Line’s political coverage where he investigates corruption, housing affordability and the future of work. For nearly a ...

Elite athletes with Iowa ties have competed in the Olympics and Paralympics for decades. Here are a few you should know. Hometown pride is in abundance during this year’s Winter Olympic and Winter ...

Black history is important for everyone to learn about. Check out these eight places in Iowa where you can learn something new, from monuments to museums. This is just one of the many important and ...

Meatpacking has been one of Iowa’s biggest, most successful industries for over a hundred years. It became more prominent during the 1920s and into the 1940s due to profitable wartime contracts, but ...

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 ...

At a Monday town hall in Keosauqua, US Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-Iowa) told constituents she supports the release of the Epstein files. She said in a July statement that she supports President ...

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 ...

Over 30,000 applications were approved for the second year of Iowa’s taxpayer-funded private school tuition vouchers, according to Gov. Kim Reynolds. Gov. Kim Reynolds announced that more than 30,000 ...

Fall in Iowa is a birder’s paradise, as bird migrations take over the skies. Find out what birds you can spot and when. There’s so much to look forward to about the fall. If you are a birder in Iowa, ...