Investigate Midwest (Page 224)

News Quiz: What Is An Opioid And What Makes It Dangerous?

Opioid abuse, in the form of prescription painkillers and heroin, has contributed to a growing number of Iowa emergency room visits and overdose deaths in the past decade. Although some efforts are underway to counteract the trend, IowaWatch recently examined one life-saving measure — bills providin

By IowaWatch

/ 12 Feb 2016

News Quiz: What Is An Opioid And What Makes It Dangerous?

Farmers question impact of new Illinois mine

Keith Rohl remembers the day he was asked to lease the coal rights to his farmland in Homer, Ill. It was 2009, a wet year for the crops, when he was lined up at the grain elevator with his neighbors hearing about the proposed Bulldog Mine for the first time. “The neighbors were all talking about, ‘Y

By Corinne Ruff/CU-CitizenAccess.org

/ 11 Feb 2016

Farmers question impact of new Illinois mine

Bacon Remains Popular Despite Health Concerns

Despite links to health problems, including a World Health Organization report confirming that processed meats cause colorectal cancer, bacon has been popular enough in the last few years for pork industry workers to start referring to a “bacon tsunami.” The trend is good economic news for Iowa, the

By Allison Pestotnik

/ 10 Feb 2016

Bacon Remains Popular Despite Health Concerns

Candidate Takeaways After Iowa And New Hampshire: Heed the Voters, Feed The Passion

New Hampshire and Iowa set the stage for passionate voter participation during the nation’s first presidential primary and first presidential precinct caucuses. Chalk it up to hotly contested nomination campaigns in both the Republican and Democratic parties.

By Lyle Muller, IowaWatch and Nancy West/InDepthNH.org

/ 10 Feb 2016

Candidate Takeaways After Iowa And New Hampshire: Heed the Voters, Feed The Passion

Podcast: New Hampshire Surveys Show Clinton, Rubio Gaining Modest Ground After Iowa

InDepthNH's Roger Wood gives an update on the New Hampshire first-in-the-nation presidential primary in this podcast.

By Roger Wood/InDepthNH

/ 8 Feb 2016

Podcast: New Hampshire Surveys Show Clinton, Rubio Gaining Modest Ground After Iowa

News Quiz: Test Your Knowledge Of Iowa Newspaper History

For as long as Iowa has existed newspapers have recorded the events and people shaping communities, informing current residents but also leaving a history for future generations. But you might not be aware of a few things found in the history of Iowa newspapers.

By IowaWatch

/ 5 Feb 2016

News Quiz: Test Your Knowledge Of Iowa Newspaper History

Podcast: Young Journalists Gain Experience Covering Their First Iowa Presidential Caucuses

IowaWatch reporters Hannah Soyer and Danielle Wilde, spoke with assistant editor/data analyst/reporter Lauren Mills about the experience of covering their first Iowa caucuses in this podcast.

By Lauren Mills, Hannah Soyer and Danielle Wilde

/ 4 Feb 2016

Podcast: Young Journalists Gain Experience Covering Their First Iowa Presidential Caucuses

ADM, Monsanto campaign dollars fuel congress, not presidents

Although agriculture is a $31 billion industry in Iowa, it’s a topic absent from this election season’s share of presidential stump speeches. That’s not all too surprising, though. Instead of getting involved in presidential elections, major agribusinesses have historically chosen to pump their mone

By Robert Holly/Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting

/ 3 Feb 2016

ADM, Monsanto campaign dollars fuel congress, not presidents

Database: 2016 Iowa Caucus Results

Maps provide a glance at the 2016 Caucus returns. A comparison of the Democratic votes in 2008 and 2016 show little consistency with counties won or lost by Clinton in the two caucuses.

By Lauren Mills

/ 2 Feb 2016

Clinton Finds Herself Answering To Other Democrats As Well As Republicans After Iowa

Hillary Clinton came to Iowa in 2016 to exorcise what plagued her surprise 2008 failure to win the Democratic presidential precinct caucuses but end up with a fight on her hands. Bernie Sanders is making a strong push to be the Democratic presidential nominee.

By Lyle Muller, Clinton Olsasky, Brittany Robb and Krista Johnson

/ 2 Feb 2016

Clinton Finds Herself Answering To Other Democrats As Well As Republicans After Iowa

Democratic Caucus-Goer Takes You Inside His Precinct

Excitement and tension built as 284 people waited to see if the Democratic candidate they came out to support would take the majority number of delegates at precinct 36 in Cedar Rapids.

By Todd Cross

/ 2 Feb 2016

Democratic Caucus-Goer Takes You Inside His Precinct

Republican Paul Supporter Considers Cruz To Beat Trump, Stays With Paul

I went to the Republican caucus at the DoubleTree Convention Complex in Cedar Rapids preferring Rand Paul, but on a mission to prevent Donald Trump from winning the Republican nomination for president.

By Billie Barker

/ 2 Feb 2016

Republican Paul Supporter Considers Cruz To Beat Trump, Stays With Paul

News Quiz: What Is An Opioid And What Makes It Dangerous?

Farmers question impact of new Illinois mine

Bacon Remains Popular Despite Health Concerns

Candidate Takeaways After Iowa And New Hampshire: Heed the Voters, Feed The Passion

Podcast: New Hampshire Surveys Show Clinton, Rubio Gaining Modest Ground After Iowa

News Quiz: Test Your Knowledge Of Iowa Newspaper History

Podcast: Young Journalists Gain Experience Covering Their First Iowa Presidential Caucuses

ADM, Monsanto campaign dollars fuel congress, not presidents

Database: 2016 Iowa Caucus Results

Clinton Finds Herself Answering To Other Democrats As Well As Republicans After Iowa

Democratic Caucus-Goer Takes You Inside His Precinct

Republican Paul Supporter Considers Cruz To Beat Trump, Stays With Paul

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