Senate Democrats Remove Wahls As Leader After Staffing Dispute
Iowa Senate Democrats voted tonight to remove Sen. Zach Wahls as minority leader and replace him with Sen. Pam Jochum. The leadership change was precipitated... Read more.
Rita Hart Elected As New Chair Of Iowa Democratic Party
The Iowa Democratic Party has a new chair: Rita Hart, a former state senator and farmer who was the party’s lieutenant governor candidate in 2018... Read more.
GOP Bill Wants Schools To Forcibly Out Iowa Students
Iowa teachers would be required to out many LGBTQ students to their parents regardless of home situations in a new bill introduced this morning by... Read more.
Starting Line Was Iowa’s Fastest-Growing News Outlet In 2022 On Facebook, TikTok
Iowa Starting Line closes out its best year yet as 2022 comes to an end, one in which we saw rapid growth and significant success... Read more.
Absentee Ballots Came Back Just Fine In 2022 Despite Concerns
Iowans returned their absentee ballots at record rates this year despite fears that a new law passed by Republicans might cause a significant number of... Read more.
Iowa Congresswoman Registers To Vote At Friend’s House In New District
Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks registered to vote at state Sen. Chris Cournoyer’s house in LeClaire on the last day for pre-registration this year, then vo... Read more.
Be Careful What You Wish For, Democrats
Well, it was fun while it lasted. The end of Iowa’s lead-off role in the Democratic presidential nomination calendar is about to be official. Reporting... Read more.
Flashback: Ernst Wouldn’t Commit To Backing McConnell
As Senate Republican leadership faces internal tumult over their failure to recapture the majority last week, it’s worth noting an interesting exchange be... Read more.
Rob Sand Hangs On To Lead After Final County Reports
It looks like voters have returned Rob Sand to the State Auditor’s office, after the last outstanding county reported its results today. Sand now holds... Read more.
Rob Sand Regains Lead, May Yet Hold On Amid Iowa’s Red Wave
Late on Tuesday night, it appeared that State Auditor Rob Sand would suffer the same fate as all the other statewide Democratic candidates. Sand had... Read more.