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This week, US Sen. Joni Ernst and her Senate colleagues will consider major cuts to Medicaid. Over the weekend, she was confronted about the cuts by an angry constituent who said, “People will die.” “Well, we’re all going to die,” Ernst said. Since then, she doubled down with a bizarre apology video filmed in a…

The Trump Administration has terminated over 1,600 research grants nationwide, cutting more than $1.5 billion in federal funding and leaving Iowa’s research universities scrambling to save critical projects. On this episode of Cornhole Champions, Zachary Oren Smith, Amy Rivers, and Avery Staker talk about how these massive cuts are devastating Iowa’s scientific infrastructure. Cornhole Champions…

You probably heard about Sen. Joni Ernst’s insensitive remark during her Parkersburg town hall on Friday. But did you catch her “apology?” Or know the woman who prompted her remark is running for Iowa legislature? Subscribe at new.iowastartingline.com/newsletter to avoid the algorithm and get the news you want.

Rob Sand wants to do something about the waste, fraud, and abuse of public dollars for private schools.

After receiving national attention for telling constituents concerned about Medicaid cuts “we all are going to die,” Sen. Joni Ernst doubled down on her remarks in an “apology” video posted to Instagram.

Now do health insurance companies👀

One Iowa Senator calls it “money laundering.” The state auditor says it’s what keeps him up at night. What is it? If you guessed the state’s school voucher program, you’d be right. There’s a lack of accountability in Iowa over how private schools spend public money that’s allocated through vouchers.

The need for health care doesn’t go away when the means do.

Political theater is just…theater. Pay attention to what’s happening backstage.

US Sen. Joni Ernst and her fellow senators will take up the proposed cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. Real solutions are need for the estimated 13.7 million who would lose their health insurance under the proposal. Not smirk at a camera.