Pat Rynard founded Iowa Starting Line in 2015. He still keeps a close eye on Iowa politics, his dog’s name is Frank, and football season is his favorite time of year.
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86 New COVID-19 Cases From Louisa County Tyson Plant, 166 Total
Gov. Kim Reynolds confirmed today that the drastic jump in COVID-19 cases in Southeast Iowa has come largely from the Tyson meat packing plant based in Louisa County. Of Iowa’s new 189 positive cases statewide today, 86 are tied to the Columbus Junction Tyson plant. The Governor’s staff confirmed to Starting Line that there are…
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Louisa County COVID-19 Rate Now Worse Than New York State
In little more than a week, Louisa County has gone from a single confirmed case of COVID-19 to the worst-hit county in Iowa in per-capita cases. Another update from their county public health department today confirmed 73 new cases, nearly doubling their current numbers, taking them to 152 overall. Only a handful of counties in…
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Iowa Still Hasn’t Sent Data To Create A State COVID-19 Model
There was a bit of an awkward moment in Gov. Kim Reynolds’ daily press conference today. When asked why the state hadn’t entered into a contract to develop a model for Iowa’s coronavirus spread until April 7, Reynolds pushed back by noting that there were still conversations happening before that with the University of Iowa…
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Iowa Still Hasn’t Sent Data To Create A State COVID-19 Model
There was a bit of an awkward moment in Gov. Kim Reynolds’ daily press conference today. When asked why the state hadn’t entered into a contract to develop a model for Iowa’s coronavirus spread until April 7, Reynolds pushed back by noting that there were still conversations happening before that with the University of Iowa…
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The Titans/Pats Wild Card Game Was Meaningless
All that time in Boston turned out to be a waste. For eleven months after the New England Patriots won Super Bowl 53, the industrial-sports-media complex focused endless hours debating whether Tom Brady would defy his age and do it again. Sure, the Patriot’s offense was struggling, but that didn’t stop any commentator from obsessing…
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The Titans/Pats Wild Card Game Was Meaningless
All that time in Boston turned out to be a waste. For eleven months after the New England Patriots won Super Bowl 53, the industrial-sports-media complex focused endless hours debating whether Tom Brady would defy his age and do it again. Sure, the Patriot’s offense was struggling, but that didn’t stop any commentator from obsessing…
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Iowa Surpasses Minnesota In COVID-19 Cases
Iowa surpassed its northern neighbor of Minnesota today in the total number of positive coronavirus cases reported. Gov. Kim Reynolds announced at her press conference this morning that there are 125 new cases in Iowa, the state’s single highest one-day jump, bringing the statewide total up to 1,270. After Minnesota’s daily update this morning, their…
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Branstad Working With Kushner On PPE Supplies From China
Ambassador to China Terry Branstad is coordinating his effort to get personal protective equipment sent from China to the U.S. with Jared Kushner, the former governor of Iowa told an Iowa radio station this morning. Kushner is serving as the point person at FEMA on a number of critical issues for the country’s response to…
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Reynolds Punts On Classifying Abortion As “Nonessential”
Why did Gov. Kim Reynolds believe that abortion was an “elective” or “nonessential” medical procedure and added in her temporary ban this Thursday? Ask someone else, she suggested during a follow-up question at her press conference this afternoon. “We kept it broad, I didn’t specifically address everybody,” Reynolds said of her order signed three days…
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Prominent Iowa Pastor Downplays Virus, Wants Church Reopened
A well-known conservative pastor with a large following in Iowa has spent the past weeks railing at Gov. Kim Reynolds’ order to halt large gatherings at places of worship, while making frequent Facebook posts questioning the severity of the pandemic. Pastor Cary Gordon, the senior pastor of Cornerstone World Outreach church in Sioux City, has…
