Lyle Muller

Main streets in small-town Iowa

A selected collection of downtown or main street photos taken in Iowa's small towns in summer 2021 for "Small Town Solution," an IowaWatch report on how

By Lyle Muller

/ 30 Sep 2021

Deep concern for some Iowa hospitals’ viability after COVID-19 crisis

Some Iowa hospitals ramping up their efforts to treat COVID-19 victims will not survive the pandemic without an infusion of cash, the head of the professional association for those hospitals said.

By Lyle Muller

/ 3 Apr 2020

Deep concern for some Iowa hospitals’ viability after COVID-19 crisis

Growing Costs At Iowa's Colleges, Universities Put Focus On Financial Aid

The projected sticker price for Iowans wanting to attend a private college or university in-state will exceed $60,000 annually by 2024-25 at nine private Iowa schools and 10 the following school year in 2025-26, The Hechinger Report projected after studying tuition and cost-of-living trends for high

By Lyle Muller

/ 30 Oct 2019

Growing Costs At Iowa's Colleges, Universities Put Focus On Financial Aid

Long Line Of Presidential Candidates Trying To Emerge In Caucus-State Iowa

Former Vice President Joe Biden drew more people but Montana Gov. Steve Bullock, a presumptive long-shot in a bid for the Democratic presidential nomination, still was able to rouse

By Lyle Muller

/ 8 Aug 2019

Long Line Of Presidential Candidates Trying To Emerge In Caucus-State Iowa

Evans Opinion: There Is No Asterisk In This Disclosure Law

When he was governor, Terry Branstad often voiced his frustration that he was not able to comment on the reasons a state government employee was fired or demoted. In Branstad’

By Lyle Muller

/ 31 Jul 2019

Evans Opinion: There Is No Asterisk In This Disclosure Law

Podcast: Governor Says Funds Exist For Iowa's Budget Proposals; Dems Would Like More

Iowa Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds says enough state money will exist to pay for projects she proposed last week during her annual Condition of the State address. IowaWatch interviewed her and responding Democrats for this podcast report.

By Lyle Muller

/ 21 Jan 2019

Podcast: Governor Says Funds Exist For Iowa's Budget Proposals; Dems Would Like More

Governor Calls On Iowa To Move Forward On Mental Health, Education, Rural Needs, Voting Rights

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds stressed keeping promises for mental health care funding, education, rural revitalization and second chances Tuesday in her Condition of the State address. The call for second chances would come via a new state constitutional amendment that restores voting rights for felons wh

By Lyle Muller

/ 15 Jan 2019

Governor Calls On Iowa To Move Forward On Mental Health, Education, Rural Needs, Voting Rights

Federal Judge Strikes Iowa Ag-Gag Law

A federal judge has struck down as unconstitutional a 2012 Iowa law that banned undercover recording at agricultural production facilities in the state, saying the law’s primary aim is curbing speech critical of practices at those facilities. IowaWatch was part of a friend of the court filing in thi

By Lyle Muller

/ 9 Jan 2019

Republican Committee Leader: No Change In Iowa's Public Employee Retirement Plan

Republicans have no plans to change the Iowa Public Employees’ Retirement System, including reductions in benefits from the system that handles the pension plan for 350,000 state employees, the incoming chair of the House State Government Committee said. Plus, a podcast on what to expect in the 2019

By Lyle Muller

/ 6 Dec 2018

Republican Committee Leader: No Change In Iowa's Public Employee Retirement Plan

Podcast: Elections Are Over, But Not Interest In Politics For These People

The campaign for the November 2018 elections are over but that hasn't stopped people from keeping political arguments alive, even if the interest no longer is at an election season pace.

By Lyle Muller

/ 3 Dec 2018

Podcast: Elections Are Over, But Not Interest In Politics For These People

Disappearing Farmland: Small Towns Trade Farmland For Residential Development

Driving along Route 47 in Kane County, Illinois, corn and soybean fields are dotted with signs advertising the amenities of burgeoning communities. For more than 20 years, Kane County has been a poster child for urban sprawl, the spreading of development of land on the edge of a metropolitan area.

By Lyle Muller

/ 14 Nov 2018

Disappearing Farmland: Small Towns Trade Farmland For Residential Development

Iowans Say National Survey On Violence Against ER Docs Is No Surprise

Iowa hospital representatives are not surprised by an American College of Emergency Physicians survey revealing that nearly 50 percent of emergency physicians have been physically assaulted on the job. An IowaWatch supplement to a FairWarning story.

By Lyle Muller

/ 4 Oct 2018

Main streets in small-town Iowa

Deep concern for some Iowa hospitals’ viability after COVID-19 crisis

Growing Costs At Iowa's Colleges, Universities Put Focus On Financial Aid

Long Line Of Presidential Candidates Trying To Emerge In Caucus-State Iowa

Evans Opinion: There Is No Asterisk In This Disclosure Law

Podcast: Governor Says Funds Exist For Iowa's Budget Proposals; Dems Would Like More

Governor Calls On Iowa To Move Forward On Mental Health, Education, Rural Needs, Voting Rights

Federal Judge Strikes Iowa Ag-Gag Law

Republican Committee Leader: No Change In Iowa's Public Employee Retirement Plan

Podcast: Elections Are Over, But Not Interest In Politics For These People

Disappearing Farmland: Small Towns Trade Farmland For Residential Development

Iowans Say National Survey On Violence Against ER Docs Is No Surprise

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