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SourceLine hasn’t updated Iowa’s local record yet. Coming soon. Federal and state are here now. What it shows today: members of Congress and the state legislature, and the Black community by the numbers for the state and every county. Until then, here is what Black newspapers in Iowa are reporting, and the national stories told with Iowa’s own numbers.
Iowa at a glance
Every ward, commission and district with its own page
Each page shows who represents it and how to reach them, recent public votes, and the numbers where they are measured. Not sure which is yours? Look up your address.
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Issues in Iowa
What matters most comes first: full stories, then decisions that keep coming back, divide the board, draw residents, change how land near you is used, or move big money for the size of the place. Open decisions come before decided ones.
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Stories for Iowa
Told with Iowa’s own numbers. Open one to go down to your county, city and address.
- 69,000 Black men lost federal jobs. Why didn't anyone count them?About 69,000 fewer Black men work federal jobs than in 2024. Their count beside Black women, where it hit hardest, and who can act.Read the story ›
- Black voters moved in 2026. What did it win, and what comes next?A record 124 million voted. About 9 in 10 Black voters backed House Democrats, and five Black governors won. State by state, and what comes next.Read the story ›
- How do we raise Black children's reading, state by state?In New Jersey 1 in 4 Black fourth graders read at Proficient; nationwide it is 1 in 6. Where reading is rising, who decides, and what you can do.Read the story ›
Sources are named in each story: Census Bureau business surveys, Bureau of Economic Analysis, USAspending.gov, USDA, and state records. Benefits and federal awards are separate measures and are never added together. Every story ›
Reported in Black newspapers in Iowa
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