Thursday, March 26, is Equal Pay Day, a day highlighting how much less the average American woman makes compared to the average American man. In 2025, women made 18.6% less than men, meaning they’d ...

Rising power costs are hitting Iowa hard: Shutoff notices jumped nearly 10% last year and about 170,000 families fell behind on utility bills as winter shutoff protections expired. Democrats in ...

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 ...

The period for public comment on Iowa’s impaired waterways report closes this week. The federal Clean Water Act requires the state to list potentially threatened rivers, lakes and streams every two ...

Explore the stunning wildflowers in Iowa with our expert-backed guide covering top trails, bloom timelines, and 10 easy-to-identify flowers to find this year. Iowa’s wildflower season will soon begin, ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Iowa Secretary of State’s office Monday released the finalized list of candidates who will appear on the June 2, 2026 primary. Candidates for state and federal offices had between Feb. 23 and ...

Bask in beautiful blooms at these flower festivals happening across Iowa this spring and summer. As winter loosens its icy grip on the Hawkeye State, brightly colored flowers begin to bend their ...

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, ...

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.

Thanks to federal legislation, another manufacturer is returning to Iowa. The Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy plant in Fort Madison is now rehiring workers and plans to restart production next year.