Investigate Midwest (Page 168)

Large Animal Feeding Operations On The Rise

From 2011 to 2017, the United States saw more than 1,400 new large-scale concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) established. That’s up 7.6 percent, this Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting story tells you.

By Christopher Walljasper, Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting

/ 29 Jun 2018

Large Animal Feeding Operations On The Rise

Local Communities Fight Air Pollution From Large Animal Farms

With their expansive deck overlooking a pond, Shirley Kidwell and her family used to spend summer days outdoors reading, but the growth of large animal farms in the area has eliminated that pastime.

By Morgan Niezing/For the Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting, Payton Liming/For the Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting and Jiwon Choi/For the Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting

/ 29 Jun 2018

Local Communities Fight Air Pollution From Large Animal Farms

Foreign-born poultry processing workers face challenges

That could be why 28.7 percent of meat and poultry workers in 2015 were foreign-born non-citizens — more than three times the rate for manufacturing industries in general, according to a 2016 Government Accountability Office report. The work can be an attractive option for newcomers to the country.

By Huiqi Xu/For the Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting, Maureen Strode/For the Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting and Andrew Withers/For the Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting

/ 28 Jun 2018

Foreign-born poultry processing workers face challenges

Poultry processing workers still face high number of injuries

Although the meat and poultry processing industry’s injury rate has been dropping for years, it remains higher than average for manufacturing, and vast numbers of injuries never get reported in the first place, according to a 2016 report from the Government Accountability Office.

By Huiqi Xu/For the Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting, Maureen Strode/For the Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting and Andrew Withers/For the Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting

/ 28 Jun 2018

Poultry processing workers still face high number of injuries

Insult to injury: How the poultry processing industry treats hurt workers

The injury rate in the poultry processing industry is already higher than many other industries. Yet the rate would be higher still if not for faulty data collection methods and widespread underreporting problems across the meat and poultry processing industry, according to a 2016 Government Account

By Huiqi Xu/For the Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting, Maureen Strode/For the Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting and Andrew Withers/For the Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting

/ 28 Jun 2018

Insult to injury: How the poultry processing industry treats hurt workers

Evans: Trump Is Wrong About People’s Rights

If you go out East this week and swing by places like Mount Vernon, Monticello and Montpelier, don’t be surprised if the soil has been disturbed over the graves

By Randy Evans / Stray Thoughts

/ 27 Jun 2018

Evans: Trump Is Wrong About People’s Rights

Who Should Pay For Preschool For The Middle Class?

Low-income parents in the United States often can’t get into public preschools while middle-income parents can’t afford to pay for private preschools. As the price of private preschool soars and states spend more than ever on public programs for the poor, will the middle class be left behind?

By Lillian Mongeau / The Hechinger Report

/ 25 Jun 2018

Who Should Pay For Preschool For The Middle Class?

Iowa College Students Tell You How They Learn Stuff While Not Buying Textbooks

Plenty of college students avoid spending a lot on textbooks that can cost from around $20 for a book on writing grant proposals to $400 for a physics book, a spring IowaWatch/College Media Journalism Project revealed. They talk about it in this podcast.

By IowaWatch/College Media Journalism Project

/ 25 Jun 2018

Iowa College Students Tell You How They Learn Stuff While Not Buying Textbooks

World War II Victory Garden Mania Hits Iowa

“Own your own victory garden and four room house,” a Davenport realtor suggested to buyers in a local newspaper ad in spring 1942. All over the state businesses used the

By Cheryl Mullenbach/Iowa History

/ 23 Jun 2018

World War II Victory Garden Mania Hits Iowa

Tariffs Aren’t As Simple As Trump Believes

The school year is finished, but whether we like it or not, Iowans have been sent to summer school this year. Randy Evans STRAY THOUGHTS Randy Evans is the executive

By Randy Evans / Stray Thoughts

/ 20 Jun 2018

Tariffs Aren’t As Simple As Trump Believes

Whirlpool/Maytag Deal Has Foreign-Trade Lessons

Whirlpool’s $1.7 billion acquisition of Maytag, a storied Iowa brand of home appliances, offers a fascinating window into international trade and tariffs. At the time of the 2006

By Randy Evans / Stray Thoughts

/ 20 Jun 2018

Court docs: Riverlife investor owes $559K in Iowa civil case

A judgment for $559,335 filed in Iowa against a development partner in the Wausau Riverlife Village project has been transferred to Wisconsin, according to court documents. The decision, recorded

By Shereen Siewert/Wausau Pilot & Review

/ 18 Jun 2018

Court docs: Riverlife investor owes $559K in Iowa civil case

Large Animal Feeding Operations On The Rise

Local Communities Fight Air Pollution From Large Animal Farms

Foreign-born poultry processing workers face challenges

Poultry processing workers still face high number of injuries

Insult to injury: How the poultry processing industry treats hurt workers

Evans: Trump Is Wrong About People’s Rights

Who Should Pay For Preschool For The Middle Class?

Iowa College Students Tell You How They Learn Stuff While Not Buying Textbooks

World War II Victory Garden Mania Hits Iowa

Tariffs Aren’t As Simple As Trump Believes

Whirlpool/Maytag Deal Has Foreign-Trade Lessons

Court docs: Riverlife investor owes $559K in Iowa civil case

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