Iowans deserve better access to birth control and over-the-counter contraceptives.
On Feb. 19, the Iowa House advanced House File Bill 2584, formerly known as Iowa House Study Bill 642, allowing...
Reynolds announced March 28 she would dispatch over 100 Iowa National Guardsmen to the U.S.-Mexico border to continue addressing the border crisis. The effort supports Texas’ Operation Lone Star, a...
Caring for older adults should be a responsibility of the community, including in Iowa.
Older adults are some of the most at-risk members of the community for mental illness. Limited interactions...
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds has dodged a bullet.
On March 27, Reynolds made the right call in signing a new law to make important changes to Iowa’s Area Education Agencies after reviewing feedback...
U.S. House Republicans want to make living even harder for individuals with lower incomes, take away women’s bodily autonomy, and give tax cuts to the wealthy in our country.
On March 20, 80 percent...
Iowa House legislators recently proposed a bill that would use taxpayer dollars to pay Iowans to kill raccoons.
The bill, House Study Bill 636, is intended to help control the raccoon population and...
When considering what constitutes a satisfactory hospital visit, one must incorporate the soft skills of medical professionals as well as their technical abilities. While the vitals meticulously taken...
It is an anomaly that’s hard to ignore: Iowa is one of the most productive agricultural states in the country, yet many of its residents go hungry. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture,...
Kennedy Lein, Opinions Contributor
• April 1, 2024
Call me a socialist, but it is truly time to expunge all billionaires. There are now 735 billionaires in the U.S. and 2,600 billionaires globally as of 2024.
Iowa has one billionaire: agriculture mogul...
Iowa legislators passed preventative laws to criminalize deepfakes this month.
Senate File 2243, passed on March 6, makes it illegal to create or distribute deepfakes that show a visual depiction...
Kennedy Lein, Opinions Contributor
• March 27, 2024
As seen in countless movies and TV shows like “Pitch Perfect,” “After,” and the latter episodes of “Normal People,” hookup culture is prominent on college campuses in media.
Hookup culture...
Over the years, we have seen what happens when local communities don’t have access to newspapers and journalists who work tirelessly to ensure their community is properly informed.
It’s not pretty.
Recently,...
