Investigate Midwest (Page 106)

‘Buy it or else’: Inside Monsanto and BASF’s moves to force dicamba on farmers

Internal company records show the companies knew crop damage from their weed killer would be extensive. They sold it anyway.

By Johnathan Hettinger, Investigate Midwest

/ 4 Dec 2020

‘Buy it or else’: Inside Monsanto and BASF’s moves to force dicamba on farmers

Opinion: Dicamba 2021...haven't we seen this movie before?

Movie plot: In a heroic effort to save the world's soybean crop from dastardly evolving weeds the Environmental Protection Agency authorizes Big Ag – staring Bayer AG and BASF – to unleash the flawed herbicide dicamba in a desperate all-out assault. The EPA acknowledges the holy h-e-double-toothpick

By Dave Dickey, Columnist

/ 2 Dec 2020

Opinion: Dicamba 2021...haven't we seen this movie before?

How IowaWatch alums are shaping COVID-19 coverage across the U.S.

Elderly folks are particularly vulnerable to COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus. So are jail and prison inmates living in close quarters that allow the virus to easily

By Jim Malewitz

/ 30 Nov 2020

How IowaWatch alums are shaping COVID-19 coverage across the U.S.

Federal judge upholds dicamba ruling but reduces damages owed to Missouri peach farmer

A jury awarded Bader Farms $250 million in punitive damages after finding Monsanto and BASF knew dicamba would harm crops. A judge reduced the amount.

By Johnathan Hettinger, Investigate Midwest

/ 30 Nov 2020

Federal judge upholds dicamba ruling but reduces damages owed to Missouri peach farmer

Evans: There are many reasons for gratitude

With all of the frustrations, the tragedies and the maddening political chaos that have been with us this year, I have the perfect recipe for our Thanksgiving celebrations. No, it

By Randy Evans / Stray Thoughts

/ 26 Nov 2020

Evans: There are many reasons for gratitude

Statement from Iowa Hospital Association physician leadership group and Iowa Organization for Nursing Leadership

By submitting organizations

/ 24 Nov 2020

Death, illness prompt plea for Iowans to take personal COVID-19 safety measures

The state's hospital and nursing leaders in Iowa pleaded Tuesday with Iowans to take safety steps to stop the spread of COVID-19 as the glut of cases continued to tax their ability to help people with the virus. "We have folks new in health care and those who have been around for decades who are ast

By Lyle Muller, IowaWatch

/ 24 Nov 2020

Death, illness prompt plea for Iowans to take personal COVID-19 safety measures

Health and Human Services provider relief fund allocations in Iowa as of Nov. 17, 2020

Relief payments distributed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services through the Health Resources and Services Administration have gone to the following Iowa health care providers, as

By IowaWatch database of U.S. HHS data compiled by Lyle Muller

/ 24 Nov 2020

More confidential Illinois outbreak reports show how COVID-19 spread over the summer

Newly obtained confidential outbreak data shows how COVID-19 spread through communities this summer.

By georgia-gee-stabile-center-for-investigative-journalism-columbia-journalism-school-derek-kravitz-brown-institute-for-media-innovation-and-sky-chadde-midwest-center-for-investigative-reporting, Georgia Gee, Stabile Center Investigative Journalism, Columbia Journalism School, Derek Kravitz, Brown Institute for Media Innovation and Sky Chadde, Investigate Midwest

/ 23 Nov 2020

More confidential Illinois outbreak reports show how COVID-19 spread over the summer

Trump EPA removes tool states use to protect farmworkers, environment

The Trump Administration took a step on Friday to severely weaken state regulation of pesticides, taking away a tool that state regulatory officials say helps protect farmworkers and the environment.

By Johnathan Hettinger, Investigate Midwest

/ 20 Nov 2020

Trump EPA removes tool states use to protect farmworkers, environment

Plagued by COVID outbreaks, the meatpacking industry could be forced to change under Biden

While president-elect Joe Biden has not announced any specific plans to protect meatpacking workers, advocates believe there are things he could, and should, do.

By Sky Chadde, Investigate Midwest, Rachel Axon, USA TODAY and Kyle Bagenstose, USA TODAY

/ 20 Nov 2020

Plagued by COVID outbreaks, the meatpacking industry could be forced to change under Biden

Despite hundreds of millions in tax dollars, ADM’s carbon capture program still hasn’t met promised goals

Archer Daniels Midland, one of the world's largest agribusinesses, has yet to make good on its promise to capture a million tons of carbon a year at its Decature, Illinois, facility.

By Johnathan Hettinger, Investigate Midwest

/ 19 Nov 2020

Despite hundreds of millions in tax dollars, ADM’s carbon capture program still hasn’t met promised goals