Farm deaths accounted for more than 30 percent of all occupational fatalities in Iowa between 2001 and 2011, an IowaWatch analysis of data from the Iowa Fatality Assessment and Control
U.S. Census data show where black and Latino Iowans have fallen behind white Iowans when it comes to income, jobs, home ownership and high school and college degrees. IowaWatch obtained an analysis of 50 years of U.S. Census data from the Colorado-based public service journalism organization I-News,
Browse this IowaWatch database of levee inspections in Iowa. An IowaWatch story says Iowa towns are at risk because of spotty inspections and an inability to respond efficiently to flaws that exist in some levees.
Between 2003 and 2011, more than 11,150 children were found to have illicit drugs in their system, information from the Department of Human Services shows. An interactive IowaWatch map shows you how bad the problem is in your Iowa county.
Database shows 10-year trends for spending at all of Iowa's public libraries printed materials, digital materials, audio and video. Find your library and see how it changed from 2003 to 2012.
A survey by a University of Iowa journalism class found UI students generally feel safe on campus and support the current campus weapons ban. The survey also looked into how
IowaWatch, The Daily Iowan, and The Iowa State Daily called Iowa Legislators throughout the state and asked their opinions on a proposed tuition freeze for state universities.
This data was gathered by political science professors Keith Poole from the University of Georgia, Howard Rosenthal from New York University and Jeff Lewis from UCLA using DW-Nominate scores.
