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‘Either I Risk It All Or Nothing At All’: Migrant Workers’ Need To Work Outweighs COVID-19 Concerns

Since June, there have been 21 COVID-19 cases linked to the hotel where an entire crew of migrant workers are living, according to the Champaign-Urbana Public Health District, which tracks COVID-19 cases across Champaign County. The hotel is tied for third largest outbreak in the county, based on in

By Dana Cronin, Illinois Public Media and Christine Herman, Illinois Newsroom

/ 12 Oct 2020

‘Either I Risk It All Or Nothing At All’: Migrant Workers’ Need To Work Outweighs COVID-19 Concerns

USDA continues to fund companies with no food service experience to help feed needy families

The program recently entered its third round of funding.

By Frank Hernandez, Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting

/ 8 Oct 2020

USDA continues to fund companies with no food service experience to help feed needy families

Confidential coronavirus outbreak data shows undisclosed incidents at prisons, workplaces, schools, meatpacking plants across Illinois

Newly obtained confidential statewide data shows that coronavirus outbreaks in workplaces, schools and prisons are driving Illinois’ rising cases — and many of these outbreaks have never been made public.

By georgia-gee-stabile-center-for-investigative-journalism-columbia-journalism-school-derek-kravitz-brown-institute-for-media-innovation-and-sky-chadde-midwest-center-for-investigative-reporting, Georgia Gee, Stabile Center Investigative Journalism, Columbia Journalism School, Derek Kravitz, Brown Institute for Media Innovation and Sky Chadde, Investigate Midwest

/ 7 Oct 2020

Three people in white jackets and blue hard hats stand in front of cattle carcasses at a meatpacking plant assembly line.

Health and Human Services provider relief fund allocations in Iowa as of Oct. 1, 2020

Relief payments distributed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services through the Health Resources and Services Administration have gone to the following Iowa health care providers, as

By IowaWatch database of U.S. HHS data compiled by Lyle Muller

/ 2 Oct 2020

Bill keeping government open gives hospitals new COVID-19 related Medicare payback rules, but no loan forgiveness

UPDATED: The appropriations bill Congress sent to President Donald Trump Sept. 30 to keep the federal government open through Dec. 11 includes a section giving hospitals one year, instead of the current three months, to start paying back all of the accelerated Medicare payments they received in the

By Lyle Muller, IowaWatch

/ 29 Sep 2020

Bill keeping government open gives hospitals new COVID-19 related Medicare payback rules, but no loan forgiveness

Health and Human Services provider relief fund allocations in Iowa as of Sept. 23, 2020

Relief payments distributed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services through the Health Resources and Services Administration have gone to the following Iowa health care providers, as

By IowaWatch database of U.S. HHS data compiled by Lyle Muller

/ 24 Sep 2020

Trump administration launches second round of coronavirus money to farmers as critics question long-term impact

“He took actions that cost U.S. farmers a lot of money, and potentially have a lot of long-term downsides,” said Joseph Glauber, a former USDA Chief Economist and senior research fellow at the International Food Research Center. “But you can have as bad of policy as you want, if you can silence the

By Johnathan Hettinger, Investigate Midwest

/ 23 Sep 2020

Trump administration launches second round of coronavirus money to farmers as critics question long-term impact

With no guaranteed protections from COVID-19, agricultural workers face tough decision: protect their lives or retain financial security

Some states have enforced rules to prevent COVID-19's spread among farmworkers, but the federal government hasn't done so, leaving many workers unprotected, advocates said.

By Frank Hernandez, Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting

/ 21 Sep 2020

With no guaranteed protections from COVID-19, agricultural workers face tough decision: protect their lives or retain financial security

GRAPHIC: Design of South Dakota meatpacking plant contributed to high number of COVID-19 cases, CDC says

In an August report, the CDC noted a difference between salaries employees in an office setting and the hourly workers on the production line.

By Pramod Acharya, Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting

/ 16 Sep 2020

GRAPHIC: Design of South Dakota meatpacking plant contributed to high number of COVID-19 cases, CDC says

A week before Trump's order protecting meat plants, industry sent draft language to feds

Even as thousands of their employees fell ill with COVID-19, meatpacking executives pressured federal regulators to help keep their plants open, according to a trove of emails obtained by USA TODAY and The Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting.

By Sky Chadde, Investigate Midwest, Kyle Bagenstose, USA TODAY and Rachel Axon, USA TODAY

/ 14 Sep 2020

A week before Trump's order protecting meat plants, industry sent draft language to feds

SURVEY: We asked farmers how they’re dealing with stress during the COVID-19 pandemic. Here’s what they said.

The COVID-19 pandemic has deepened some farmers' stress. A few shared how they're managing it.

By Marissa Plescia, Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting

/ 10 Sep 2020

SURVEY: We asked farmers how they’re dealing with stress during the COVID-19 pandemic. Here’s what they said.

Iowa hospitals drew almost $1B in Medicare advances to deal with COVID-19

Seventy-seven Iowa hospitals collected $928.3 million in accelerated and advance Medicare payments that were available as a government stimulus to cover expenses in the COVID-19 pandemic's early days last spring, an IowaWatch analysis of Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services data shows.

By Lyle Muller, IowaWatch

/ 10 Sep 2020

Iowa hospitals drew almost $1B in Medicare advances to deal with COVID-19