Negative ads did not appear to keep people from the polls Tuesday. In fact, IowaWatch interviews revealed that many voters expect the ads, and ignore them.
We talked with Iowa voters about negative advertisements and the role they played in how they voted on Election Day.
These voters spoke on Nov. 4, 2014, about their views
As Americans gear up to eat more than 40 million pounds of turkey this month, a handful of U.S. senators are calling for stronger Department of Agriculture oversight to reduce pathogens in poultry. Their push follows a recent government report that found poultry products – such as chicken and turkey
Iowans with deep pockets when it comes to making campaign donations are sending some of their money out of state, even to places where their contributions may seem like a drop in the bucket.
Political rhetoric seems more heated, and the discussion nastier, than ever. Listen to the IowaWatch Connection podcast, which includes suggestions on how we might get back to more effective political dialogue.
They’ve taken over your television, YouTube videos and radio dial, but how much do you know about the negative political ads from the 2014 race for one of Iowa’
Individual political donors from Iowa have pumped more than $43 million into political races the past three years, but knowing the impact of those donations may be hard to determine. The reason: the growth of anonymous donors and Super PACs.
IowaWatch summer 2014 intern Jacob Luplow and executive director-editor Lyle Muller were the guests on the Tuesday, Oct. 21, “Your Town” show on KXIC radio, AM 800, in Iowa
The Iowa Association for Justice (IAJ) has announced that it is giving its 2014 Excellence in Journalism Award to the Iowa Center for Public Affairs Journalism, which runs the non-profit news organization IowaWatch.org.
Authorities this month issued recall alerts affecting hundreds of thousands of pounds of food, including thousands of pounds of chicken contaminated with potentially deadly – and costly – bacteria.
The Minnesota Journalism Center's School of Journalism and Mass Communication – in collaboration with the Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting, and Investigative Reporters and Editors – hosted the “Covering Big Agribusiness” workshop in Minneapolis on Oct. 3 through Oct. 5. Check out the sessi
After making record profits from 2007 through 2013, farmers in Champaign County, Ill., who rent their land are likely to lose money on both corn and soybeans in this year and next, said a University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign economist.
