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A new report outlines rural policy recommendations focused on four major tenets: protecting people’s freedom to live and work safely; investing in infrastructure; reining in corporate greed and protecting workers, small businesses, and family farmers; and creating opportunities for a better future. (Photo via Shutterstock) Full story → ![]()
Nearly half of all borrowers say they aren’t financially prepared to begin repaying their debt. Despite this, interest began accruing again on Sept. 1, and payments will be due again in October. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File) Full story → ![]()
The proposed regulation would require employers to pay overtime to their salaried workers who are in executive, administrative, and professional roles, and make less than $1,059 a week, or $55,068 a year for full-time employees. (AP Photo/Michael Wyke, File) Full story → ![]()
Starting in 2026, the prices for these drugs will decrease for up to nine million seniors, thanks to a provision in President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act that allows Medicare to negotiate the prices for these drugs directly with the manufacturers. (Photo via Shutterstock) Full story → ![]()
Former president Donald Trump has been indicted on 91 charges–so far–on both the state and federal level. These charges include conspiracy, obstruction, willful retention of national defense information, and more. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File) Full story → ![]()
The law ensured that 15,000 Iowans were able to keep their health insurance, reduced the cost of insulin for nearly 19,000 seniors, and incentivized several manufacturers to invest in the state and create more clean energy jobs. (Graphic by Francesca Daly) Full story → ![]()
US Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks speaks to a crowd of around 60 people at a town hall in Iowa City on Monday, Aug. 14, 2023. (Photo by Amie Rivers for Iowa Starting Line) Full story → ![]()
The former president—who swore an oath to protect and defend the US Constitution—has been indicted over his attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election results in Georgia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File) Full story → ![]()
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican candidate for president, speaks at a campaign stop at the Iowa River Power Restaurant in Coralville on Thursday, Aug. 10, 2023. (Photos by Amie Rivers for Iowa Starting Line.) Full story → ![]()
A banned book display at the Reading in Public book store in West Des Moines. Some of the books in the display were recently pulled from shelves in the Urbandale School District. Photo by Ty Rushing/Starting Line Full story →
