Trevor Goggin recognized the boy as soon as he approached the neighborhood street hockey rink. He was the kid who had made his little sister, Taylor, run home from the school bus bawling a few days earlier. So Trevor was not surprised when he heard the boy’s taunt: “Hey, isn’t your sister the bald o
Leaders from the local nonprofit news organization IowaWatch said their new radio program — the IowaWatch Connection — is off to a successful start, an Iowa City Press-Citizen story published July 19 begins. You can read the entire article, by Chastity Dillard, at this link.
At least 80 groups spent more than $50 million lobbying over the Farm Bill overhaul of crop insurance. Yet, crop insurance does not ensure more food, an Iowa State University researcher says in this special report by the Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting and Harvest Public Media.
The $956 billion Farm Bill, which set U.S. food policy for the next decade, is no longer the purview solely of agricultural interests. It has evolved from a spotlight on commodities to a focus on consumers, a joint investigation by Harvest Public Media and the Midwest Center for Investigative Report
IowaWatch was featured during a large portion of the Tuesday, July 15, "Your Town" show on KXIC radio, AM 800, in Iowa City. Host Jay Capron interviewed Executive Director-Editor Lyle Muller.
One decision that state law says Iowa's governor has to make has eluded Gov. Terry Branstad: whether or not to reimburse University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics for Medicaid-funded abortions. It would be a tough decision, and he could make it, Branstad said in an IowaWatch interview, but he would n
A controversial new funding distribution plan for Iowa’s three state universities, proposed by the Board of Regents, appears to have strong support from Gov. Terry Branstad. “It makes sense to me that the focus should be on giving higher educational opportunities for Iowa in-state students,” Bransta
Several organizations working together can fight the spread of methamphetamine use and create hope for those addicted to the drug, speakers said at a forum that IowaWatch helped co-host on July 1.
IowaWatch's staff traveled to San Francisco for the Investigative Reporters and Editors Conference and Investigative News Network Day. Both were selected to participate either as a presenter or panelist.
This venture by IowaWatch, with radio station partners across Iowa, plus others who want to promote meaningful conversation about issues in the state, is funded by a John S. and James L. Knight Foundation grant.
The FDA has been outgunned and overmatched for years as a rising tide of imported food has found a place at the U.S. dinner table, Fairwarning reports.
