Efforts by fightfor15 and others to raise the minimum wage have resulted in some gains in the last 10 years. But not for Iowa and 19 other US states. iowastartingline.com/2022/07/26/iow…

Queen Elizabeth II first appeared on the cover of TIME in April 1929.

There will be a lot of people talking about the best content they saw this year and for me that was "RRR," a movie that took itself 100% seriously and kicked ass the whole time youtube.com/watch?v=Tgm9Y7…

Are we certain George Santos isn't really Count Olaf?

The Iowa State Auditor's Office has multiple repeated findings dating back a decade in Annual Examinations of Manly City Government. globegazette.com/news/manly-iow…

Friends, if you want to be a better YOU so you can be better at lots of things, I highly recommend ProjectIOWA!

I made some friends at the North Iowa Fair!

School board hopeful files harassment complaint against fellow candidate | Tap on the picture to learn more 🔽 globegazette.com/news/local/mas…

In Iowa, work is now underway on Mason City Municipal Airport's new terminal building—replacing the old terminal built in 1966. The new terminal will expand airport capacity, enhance security, and improve passengers' experience. kaaltv.com/news/mason-cit…

The program to feed the children comes from the Biden administration. The governor of Iowa declined to participate.

Representation matters. (And safety in winter weather)

Iowa has a little over 3 million people and there were 10 million library visits in FY22. 1.5 million people attended one of the nearly 87,000 programs put on by one of Iowa's 544 public libraries that same fiscal year. Iowa's also 4th nationally for number of public libraries.

As someone who has been involved in newspaper closures, I want to just put this out there: If you appreciate the work produced by the journalists out there covering things like prep sports, you need to make sure you are in some way supporting that effort financially.

After years of secrecy, local veteran receives Atomic Service Award globegazette.com/news/local/gar…

Iowans experiencing homelessness deserve increased resources, NOT fines or punishment.

Everyone is tweeting ‘there’s an emergency, read local news, read local news.’ Y’all, you have to FINANCIALLY SUPPORT local news. You have to donate. You have to subscribe. You have to do it even when you think the reporting is mediocre and they publish op-eds you don’t like.

Thank you Jessica (Ka) Burbank for compiling these resources for Appalachian relief for Hurricane Helene. Includes instructions for FEMA relief and mutual aid funds to donate to. docs.google.com/document/d/14h…

Voting machines inside some Story County precincts didn’t work Tuesday, and local political party leaders said election workers must count ballots by hand at those sites after polls close at 8 p.m. desmoinesregister.com/story/news/pol…