Conservative foundations, multinational oil companies and a prescription drug maker were the most frequent sponsors of more than 100 expense-paid educational seminars attended by federal judges over a 4 1/2-year period, according to a Center for Public Integrity investigation. View interactive list
Gone in a Flash series installment: Behind-the-scenes look at the day the Iowa maker of Guitar Hero suddenly ceased to exist reveals the shock employees felt.
At first glance, working at a videogame studio is everything you’d expect. There’s free soda and coffee along with an office that you’re encouraged to decorate however you see fit.
The push by the agriculture industry to restrict free speech and access to information is increasing, with at least seven more states considering farm protection laws – also, known as “ag-
Budcat Creations was a rockstar company in Iowa when it shot to the top of an electronic game craze only a few years ago. It fell apart as quickly as it shot to the top after being acquired by a California firm. A special narrative report, told in four parts.
Vernon Hugh Bowman, an Indiana farmer, has gone all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court to challenge the reach of Monsanto Co.’s patent to protect its Roundup
A promising new program may be the key to pushing Iowa’s landfills into action that decreases the environmental impact of their operations.
The program, called Environmental Management System, or
Farm belt state struggles in shift to recycling
More than half of what Iowans dump into landfills could have been recycled or composted. In some areas, that amount is as
Reo Menning is giving a reporter a tour of Metro Park East Landfill, Iowa’s largest landfill and looking over the expanse when she brings up the fact the they
Four of every five households in Iowa City, a city with an aggressive recycling program, do not have access to curbside recycling.
The availability of residential recycling gets even smaller
Iowa’s wind energy producers and manufacturers are scrambling to finance new projects in the next two months because they don’t know if the Federal Renewable Electricity Production Tax Credit they rely on heavily will be available after then.
