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Editorial: When a Party Refuses to Look in the Mirror
Editorial: When a Party Refuses to Look in the Mirror The Democratic National Committee’s decision...
Iowa411 News Briefs for December 20, 2025
Summary Iowa’s December 20, 2025, news highlights include the state’s plans for America’s 250th...
Iowa411 News Briefs for December 19, 2025
Summary Today’s news briefs cover pension regulation disputes, a Menards consumer settlement,...
Iowa411 News Briefs for December 18, 2025
Summary Today’s News Briefs examine widening economic inequality, political accountability, and...
Iowa411 News Briefs for December 17, 2025
Summary Today’s Iowa411 News Briefs cover the identification of two Iowa National Guard soldiers...
The Skinny
What the Extra 10 Percent Canada Tariff Means for Iowa
When Trump Punishes Canada, Iowa Pays the Price Canada is Iowa’s #1 trading partner, and our ag economies are deeply...
When a Simple 30-Second Commercial Can Trigger Tariffs
Ronald Reagan gives his opinion about arbitrary tariffsWhen a TV Ad Can Change U.S. Trade Policy, We Have a Problem When...
House Dems to Regents: No to Trump “Compact for Control”
Compact Would Place Ideological Restrictions Iowa Republican lawmakers are urging the state’s universities to join Donald...
Cattlemen Rebuff Trump Proposal to Import Beef from Argentina
Trump Proposes to Import Beef from Argentina The Iowa Capital Dispatch (a partner of the States Newsroom) reports that a...
When Policy Is Ignored, Punishment Becomes Politics
Iowa State Firing Shows Why Free Speech Rules Must Be Applied Carefully When Iowa State University fired an employee last...
Why Iowa Rural Families Need the ACA to Survive
A look at how the Affordable Care Act’s enhanced premium tax credits have sustained rural Iowa’s farmers, small business...
Iowa, Ideology, and the “Compact for Control”
The Compact’s True Aim: Political Capture Iowa lawmakers are urging the state’s universities to join Donald Trump’s...