Ty Rushing

A Sioux City Republican activist who was convicted of illegally filling in ballots escaped a far harsher punishment on Monday for her 52 acts of voter fraud, which could have carried a five-year prison sentence for each.

A former Trump administration official and advocate for using public funds for private school scholarships officially has Iowa's top education job.

Gov. Kim Reynolds announced Wednesday that Iowa will start a competitive $900,000 grant program to feed Iowa children over the summer—this comes months after she declined $29 million in federal funds to feed kids via a different summer program.

The Iowa City and Linn-Mar school districts face a combined $10 million budget shortfall as the state continues to underfund public schools and funnel millions toward private school tuition.

Sen. Bill Dotzler, 75, called the last two legislative sessions the “worst attack” on low-income and working-class Iowans he has ever seen.

The Iowa Legislature set aside nearly $180 million for the state's private school voucher program in the 2024-25 school year. This is an almost $50 million increase over original projections.

Jose Alvarado wasn't shocked when Republicans in the Iowa Legislature passed a bill targeting Iowa's immigrant community, or when Gov. Kim Reynolds signed it into law.

Immigration advocates filed a federal lawsuit Thursday to stop Iowa's new immigration law— SF 2340 —from taking effect arguing that the legislation creates new crimes for anyone in Iowa who has been deported in the past even if they are here legally now.

After 11 years—minus a six-month stint in corporate communications—my grind as a daily news reporter will come to an end Friday on what will be my last day as a full-time member of the Iowa Starting Line team.

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