Iowa State University officials need to do a better job telling Iowans -- taxpayers, business leaders and especially Iowa legislators -- about the value ISU and the state's universities give Iowa, ISU president Wendy Wintersteen said in an IowaWatch interview. Listen to the podcast of that interview
I’m sure you have heard the old tale about Iowa’s bountiful cornfields — about closing your eyes in the summer, listening carefully at night and being able to hear
One of Iowa's newest legislators said in IowaWatch's weekend radio report that administrative bureaucracy and lobbyists have too much power at the Statehouse in Des Moines. You can read about the report and listen to it here.
There was noteworthy news coming out of the Iowa Legislature last week.
This may surprise you, but I am not referring to the headlines about Bill Dix, the Iowa Senate’
University of Northern Iowa President Mark Nook said a proposed mid-year funding cut for the University of Iowa and Iowa State University but not the University of Northern Iowa reflects each university's distinct mission, not favoritism. This IowaWatch Connection podcast covers that and other topic
What’s the benefit of swapping out an inefficient light bulb? How a state answers a question like that, and others, determines which energy conservation efforts are funded by utilities and which ones get scrapped as too costly.
The Republican-led Iowa Senate came up with $31.9 million in spending cuts for this fiscal year, which ends June 30, bringing that legislative house closer to cuts the House and governor's office find to be acceptable. This IowaWatch Connection podcast brings you up to date on how this Iowa General
The victims include a Bible college student in Iowa who was bicycling home from work, a 13-year-old Michigan boy riding in his older sister’s car and a
It’s nothing short of a miracle that the people of Iowa have not taken up pitchforks and marched on Des Moines demanding the attention of government officials.
As things
One of Iowa’s talented historians delivered an important lesson last week. But instead of standing in front of a school classroom, he was in the chamber of the Iowa
Priorities at the 2018 Iowa General Assembly that started in Jan. 8 will clash, state legislative leaders said. Even when they don’t clash, there’s a question of how
You’ve got to hand it to people along America’s Gulf Coast who support their families as commercial shrimpers and fishermen.
They certainly are patient.
For the past 25
