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Iowa411 News Briefs for February 14, 2026
Summary Across these stories, Iowa’s Legislature appears to be moving in two directions at once....
Iowa411 News Briefs for February 13, 2026
Summary Today’s briefs share a through-line: power, accountability, and whose freedoms get...
Iowa411 News Briefs for February 12, 2026
Summary Today’s stories highlight a troubling theme in Iowa governance. A legislature that is...
The Skinny
Editorial: Deconstructing Propaganda with Critical Thinking Skills
The “Former Liberal” Script, and How to See Through It Every era has its professional persuaders: people who don’t report the news, don’t analyze it carefully, and don’t even attempt to understand their opponents. Instead, they sell political identity as a product. A...
Iowa411 News Briefs for February 7, 2026
Summary Today's stories are not separate developments. They are components of an emerging strategy of ideological governance of higher education through administrative control, curricular mandates, and financial leverage. Iowa Rep. Taylor Collins is the connective...
Iowa411 News Briefs for February 6, 2026
Summary Iowa’s latest legislative agenda shows a tightening pattern: centralizing control, weakening public institutions, and restricting local or institutional autonomy while framing these moves as “parental rights,” “merit,” or “common sense.” A bill restricting...
Iowa411 News Briefs for February 5, 2026
Summary Today’s stories share a single theme: Iowa’s governing majority is expanding power while weakening the public systems that protect people. Whether it’s eliminating school vaccination requirements, stripping local civil rights protections, mandating “reforms”...
Editorial: Iowa’s School Funding “Increase” Is Not an Investment
The Iowa Legislature's Disdain for Iowa Public Education And what it means for Iowa's future Iowa lawmakers are once again proposing what they will call a “responsible” increase in public school funding, a 1.75% per-pupil bump that doesn’t even pretend to keep pace...