A new report finds racial disparities persist across Iowa’s health care system. The non-profit Commonwealth Fund found white Iowans ranked in the 82nd percentile nationally for healthcare outcomes, while black and Hispanic Iowans ranked in the 18th and 19th percentiles respectably. Jess Maksut, the fund’s director of health equity research, says recent federal policy changes […]
Hit by flood disaster in mid-2024, Spencer conducts housing study
A housing study estimates the population of a northwest Iowa city hit by flash flooding in 2024 has dropped by about
