SNAP benefits will not be issued starting on November 1. Here’s how that’s impacting Iowans. The widespread effects of the ...

Iowa working family advocates are calling on lawmakers to expand a measure that provides paid leave for state employees who are sick or taking care of loved ones. But the measure does not extend to ...

Iowans will soon head to the polls to cast their votes in the 2025 city council and school board elections. Polls will be open 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Nov. 4 and you can find your precinct and polling place ...

Saturday is Nov. 1, and Nov. 1 is when the monthlong federal government shutdown—assuming it hasn’t been lifted—will become very personal and very real. There are two big reasons for that. First: Nov.

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources has just completed taking public input as it considers strengthening Iowa drinking water standards. The state’s waterways have long been contaminated with high ...

Ames, Iowa, has experienced several brushes with paranormal incidents. Here are five stories that prove it’s haunted. What does it mean to be haunted? The answer to that question varies depending on ...

Across the country, rural Americans are facing challenges that go far beyond headlines and statistics: An Appalachian woman whose life was saved by Medicaid worries that rural areas will be hit ...

Iowa's GDP dropped 6.1% in Q1 2025—worse than almost every state. Farmers lost their biggest customer. John Deere laid off hundreds. Meatpacking plants can't find workers. These are Iowa jobs, Iowa ...

Art Cullen has spent decades writing from Storm Lake about the forces reshaping rural life. On the latest episode of Cornhole Champions, Zach spoke with him about the ...

On this day in 1977, gay rights activist Thom Higgins pied anti-gay media personality Anita Bryant at a press conference in Des Moines. Bryant was in town promoting her ongoing campaign against LGBTQ+ ...

If democracy is really backsliding, what takes its place? In this week's Civics 101 series, written by COURIER Newsroom's Ryan Pitkin and voiced by Iowa Starting Line's Amie Rivers, we explore the ...

Shutdown = no union news: The National Labor Relations Board website database has been offline since the shutdown began Oct. 1, so workers cannot file a petition for a union or vote on one. Amie ...