Our state had 10 times the rate of child labor law violations compared to the US as a whole in 2025, according to Common Good Iowa's Sean Finn—and businesses are rarely penalized for it.

SNAP cuts by Iowa’s Congressional delegation are making it tougher for people to flourish. In the face of these harsh cuts, we will respond as a community: Learn the food preservation technique of wat...

Rusty Martin of Des Moines is leaving for Switzerland in a few days to die. He wrote to explain how he came to this choice.

At the Iowa GOP Lincoln Dinner, outgoing Gov. Kim Reynolds announced one final 99-county tour.

The Union of Concerned Scientists has warned that long-term exposure to pesticides puts farmworkers’ health at risk.

FoodNet previously surveilled eight pathogens, for more than three decades. In 2025, monitoring was reduced down to two.

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How a text message, a water cooler, and three baby onesies changed the way I think about Iowa's water.

The "series of homicides" occurred Monday at two residences and a business in Muscatine, police said.