Nikoel Hytrek

By Nikoel Hytrek October 20, 2024 Tim Walz returned to his home state, and a district which could help decide the 2024 election. Voters welcomed him with open arms.

With Iowa's abortion ban in effect and the threat of a national abortion ban at the federal level, volunteers are using their free time to talk to voters about reproductive rights and how to protect them.

Iowa's abortion ban has changed the way Iowans are getting care three months after it took effect.

Right-wing plans for a second Trump administration would put vital, life-saving weather warnings behind paywalls and weaken the agencies who send them out in the first place.

With all precincts reporting in the district, Andrews has won by 649 votes (9,594 to 8,945). The incumbent beat Democratic candidate Tiara Mays-Sims by 50.92% to 47.74% and maintained Republican control of House District 43.

Abortions are down 40%, but travel out of state has increased 159%, nearly four months into Iowa's near-total abortion ban.

The Iowa Hunger Coalition and other anti-hunger advocates called on Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds to apply for Summer EBT after the federal government rejected her alternate program.

Iowa started rolling back protections for child workers in 2023, and new child labor rules were published Wednesday to roll more protections back.