Rural Iowa is facing several challenges, notably as its population grew a little more than 4 percent from 2000 to 2010, while the rest of the nation grew a little less than 10 percent during that same time. These challenges are being addressed in several ways, as we learn in this IowaWatch podcast.
Iowa faces a workforce shortage, uncertain markets due to tariffs, and an increasingly complicated global connection. That got us to thinking: Where are the points for optimism?
We asked business
This IowaWatch Connection podcast examines Iowa's tax breaks for new businesses after a recent deal to bring a new Apple Inc. center to Waukee. Good deal or not?
Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad will step down in 2017 to become the U.S. Ambassador to China after President-elect Donald Trump's nomination of him to the post is confirmed. This IowaWatch Connection podcast report looks at that career that made Branstad the longest-serving governor in American history.
