More than two dozens journalists from throughout the U.S. gathered in Champaign, Ill. for an intense three-day workshop on covering big agribusiness companies.
A major environmental threat has emerged as factory farms take over more and more of the nation’s livestock production: Pollution from the waste produced by the immense crush of animals. Iowa has more of the massive livestock feeding lots, known as concentrated animal feeding operations, or CAFOs, t
Livestock industry groups applauded the Environmental Protection Agency’s retreat last year from establishing an information-gathering rule.
Michael Formica, of the National Pork Producers’ Council, said the rule simply
Ten agribusiness companies that support genetically modified crops have donated more than $1.2 million in political campaign contributions to members of the U.S. Senate for the 2010, 2012 and 2014 election cycles, according to an analysis by Maplight.org
A poll from the nonprofit media watchdog iMediaEthics shows a majority of Americans support allowing immigrants who entered the United States illegally to stay in the country if otherwise following the law, but opinions on granting citizenship or permanent residency are tightly split. View the entir
When it comes to telling voters who is spending money on political ads, Iowa fails.
It got an “F” in a recent study on state disclosure policies for political spending
Vernon Bowman's challenge to Monsanto Co.'s patent on its Roundup Ready soybean seeds was billed as a David v. Goliath contest. Goliath won and won big.
The immigration bill that the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee took up Thursday includes a provision for farmworkers that shortens their waiting period for legal residency.
IowaWatch staff reporter Lauren Mills spoke on Jay Capron’s KXIC, AM-800, radio show on Tuesday, May 7, about IowaWatch and its story about the college-related debt facing
IowaWatch project with college student journalists in Iowa shows that, despite growing numbers of state and federal programs aimed at improving students' financial literacy and years of talk about Iowa's high student debt, students continue to graduate with debt that will follow them long after they
IowaWatch volunteer staffers Linh Ta and Sarah Hadley and professional staffer Lauren Mills have received recognition for their work in various ways the past few months.
Ta, a junior at
The Federal Food Safety System has come under criticism once again under the US Government Accountability Office’s High Risk List for its confusing nature and overlapping responsibilities among federal agencies.
