Government & Politics - Investigate Midwest (Page 5)

Yearly Ritual Focused On Foster Care Helping Native Families Heal In Iowa

War Eagle, a Yankton Sioux chief in the 1830s, was a friend to the white man. Specifically, to the fur trappers who traded with the Yankton Sioux, Santee Sioux, Winnebago

By Christie J. Renick/Fostering Media Connections

/ 15 May 2019

Yearly Ritual Focused On Foster Care Helping Native Families Heal In Iowa

Podcast: Iowa Legislative Session Adds Flood Relief To Budget Deliberations

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds said in the latest IowaWatch Connection radio report and podcast that Iowa needs to streamline the process for getting flood relief to portions of the state

By Jeff Stein

/ 15 Apr 2019

Podcast: Iowa Legislative Session Adds Flood Relief To Budget Deliberations

Iowa Ag Secretary Says Pesticide Investigation Staff Levels To Remain The Same Despite Higher Demand

LISTEN TO THE PODCAST Iowa will not add investigators to handle an increased number of pesticide drift complaints, favoring instead more efficient ways to handle complaint inspections, the state’s

By Lyle Muller and Jeff Stein

/ 16 Mar 2019

Iowa Ag Secretary Says Pesticide Investigation Staff Levels To Remain The Same Despite Higher Demand

Podcast: Herbert Hoover, The Misunderstood President

The nation's only president born in Iowa had a far different reputation around the world than he had in the United States. Such was the fate for Herbert Hoover, who presided over the start of the Great Depresssion during his 1929-33 presidency.

By Jeff Stein

/ 11 Mar 2019

Podcast: Herbert Hoover, The Misunderstood President

Legislative Bill Would Increase Pesticide Application Fees In Iowa, Send Money To Inspections

A bill has been introduced in the Iowa Legislature that would increase the fee for a three-year public or private pesticide application certification from $15 to $30 and designate

By IowaWatch

/ 4 Mar 2019

Legislative Bill Would Increase Pesticide Application Fees In Iowa, Send Money To Inspections

Years Later, Little Action On Recommendations For Iowa's Pesticide Inspections

Problems the Iowa State Auditor’s office identified in a 2012 audit and subsequent reports and recommendations for investigating Iowa’s pesticide use violations still linger years later. The Iowa

By Lauren Wade

/ 22 Jan 2019

Years Later, Little Action On Recommendations For Iowa's Pesticide Inspections

Governor Calls On Iowa To Move Forward On Mental Health, Education, Rural Needs, Voting Rights

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds stressed keeping promises for mental health care funding, education, rural revitalization and second chances Tuesday in her Condition of the State address. The call for second chances would come via a new state constitutional amendment that restores voting rights for felons wh

By Lyle Muller

/ 15 Jan 2019

Governor Calls On Iowa To Move Forward On Mental Health, Education, Rural Needs, Voting Rights

Full Text Of Gov. Kim Reynolds' 2019 Condition Of The State Address

The following are the prepared remarks for Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds' 2019 Condition of the State address, delivered on Jan. 15, 2019.

By IowaWatch

/ 15 Jan 2019

Stray Thoughts columnist Randy Evans writes about a bill up for debate at the Iowa Statehouse in Des Moines. IowaWatch file p

Federal Judge Strikes Iowa Ag-Gag Law

A federal judge has struck down as unconstitutional a 2012 Iowa law that banned undercover recording at agricultural production facilities in the state, saying the law’s primary aim is curbing speech critical of practices at those facilities. IowaWatch was part of a friend of the court filing in thi

By Lyle Muller

/ 9 Jan 2019

Republican Committee Leader: No Change In Iowa's Public Employee Retirement Plan

Republicans have no plans to change the Iowa Public Employees’ Retirement System, including reductions in benefits from the system that handles the pension plan for 350,000 state employees, the incoming chair of the House State Government Committee said. Plus, a podcast on what to expect in the 2019

By Lyle Muller

/ 6 Dec 2018

Republican Committee Leader: No Change In Iowa's Public Employee Retirement Plan

Podcast: Elections Are Over, But Not Interest In Politics For These People

The campaign for the November 2018 elections are over but that hasn't stopped people from keeping political arguments alive, even if the interest no longer is at an election season pace.

By Lyle Muller

/ 3 Dec 2018

Podcast: Elections Are Over, But Not Interest In Politics For These People

Business, Education, Healthcare Top Of Mind As Rural Broadband Expansion Inches Forward

When nearly 300 Americans submitted comments this summer on the USDA's pilot plan to bring high speed broadband internet to rural America, they mentioned the great opportunities reliable internet connectivity could bring. But they also voiced skepticism over the agency's proposed plans for the proje

By Christopher Walljasper, Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting

/ 21 Nov 2018

Business, Education, Healthcare Top Of Mind As Rural Broadband Expansion Inches Forward