Politics
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VIDEO: Vivek Rawasamy’s Plan to Dismantle the FBI
Vivek Ramaswamy details his plan to dismantle the FBI at the 23rd Annual Faith and Freedom Fall Banquet @iowastartingline Vivek Ramaswamy details his plan to dismantle the FBI at the 23rd Annual Faith and Freedom Fall Banquet #iowa #iowanews #2024election #FBI ♬ original sound – Iowa Starting Line
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VIDEO: Nikki Haley Calls Congress a Nursing Home
Nikki Haley called Congress “the most privileged nursing home in the country” at the 23rd Annual Faith and Freedom Fall Banquet. @iowastartingline Nikki Haley called Congress “the most privileged nursing home in the country” at the 23rd Annual Faith and Freedom Fall Banquet. Follow us for more love clips from the 2024 campaign trail. #iowa…
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VIDEO: DeSantis Says States Do “Better Job” on Reproductive Rights
Does this seem like a better job? @iowastartingline Does this seem like a better job? #2024election #iowa #greenscreen #iowanews ♬ original sound – Iowa Starting Line nbsp;
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Trump Wants to Cut Corporate Taxes Again
If Donald Trump returns to the White House in 2025—as polls suggest he has roughly a 50/50 chance of doing—slashing the tax rate for big corporations could be one of his top priorities, according to new reporting from the Washington Post. Trump and his economic advisers have discussed cutting the corporate tax rate to as…
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Rep. Zach Nunn Introduces Bill To Combat Youth Suicide
[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”] [et_pb_row admin_label=”row”] [et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”]Rep. Zach Nunn (R-Iowa) introduced what he hopes will become a bipartisan piece of legislation to combat youth suicide on Tuesday. Nunn, who represents Iowa’s 3rd Congressional District, announced the “Prevent Youth Suicide Act” during a press conference at YSS’s youth opportunity center in downtown Des Moines after a…
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West Des Moines Honors The Long Family’s Contributions
For 34 years straight, Johnny and Barbara Long never missed a West Des Moines City Council meeting.
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Rob Sand: I Had A Fairly Good Time At The Iowa State Fair
One of the things I love about the Iowa State Fair is that you always run into someone you didn’t expect to meet. This year was no different: while refilling drinks for folks at the Iowa Pork Tent, I encountered an organ donor wearing a t-shirt promoting the importance of this selfless act. Two people…
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Warren County Has A New Auditor. It’s Not The Conspiracy Theorist
Kimberly Sheets was all smiles as she was sworn in Tuesday to take what she and others felt was her rightful place as interim Warren County auditor. There were murmurs in the community that the Warren County Board of Supervisors would not certify the results of the Aug. 29 special election that led to the…
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Advocates: Iowa’s ‘Vague Law’ Harms LGBTQ Youth, Schools
Representatives of two Iowa LGBTQ advocacy organizations said the start of the school year is going exactly as expected—and many predicted—after Republican lawmakers passed a slew of anti-LGBTQ legislation targeted at public schools and queer kids. Schools are scrambling to try and figure out how to implement the laws without additional guidance and LGBTQ students…
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Feds Give Warning About Iowa’s Child Labor Law Rollback
Iowa’s new rollbacks on protection for children in dangerous occupations fly in the face of federal labor law in two specific ways, according to a new letter this week from the US Department of Labor (DOL).
