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Three Questions That Explain Iowa's, and Terry Branstad's, Tie To China

Iowa, and in particular, Gov. Terry Branstad, have built significant economic and diplomatic relationships with China since the 1980s. Learn more in this news quiz about Iowa-Chinese relations.

By IowaWatch

/ 7 Dec 2016

Three Questions That Explain Iowa's, and Terry Branstad's, Tie To China

Open Arms in Iowa Concludes: Different Era For Refugees In Iowa

The world is smaller, and more fearful about others, an Iowan whose family took in a Vietnamese family in the 1970s says in this conclusion of a five-part serial about that experience some 40 years ago.

By Clare McCarthy/Special to IowaWatch

/ 23 Jun 2016

Open Arms in Iowa Concludes: Different Era For Refugees In Iowa

Life Goes On For Vietnamese Iowan But A Lost Love Remains Home

Vietnamese refugee Phat (Patrick) Nguyen, revealed stories about his life in Vietnam before coming to Iowa and the family’s experience in the Malaysian refugee camp, along with stories about living in the United States. It was a story of friends, a home and hope, but he left one special person behin

By Clare McCarthy/Special to IowaWatch

/ 16 Jun 2016

Life Goes On For Vietnamese Iowan But A Lost Love Remains Home

Transition From Vietnamese Refugees To Iowans On An Intercultural Adventure

In this installment of a special five-part series Wayne Buck says in an ABC News interview from the 1970s that he thinks the Nguyen family, Vietnamese refugees living in Iowa, soon will be financially independent. Young Jeanne Buck, meanwhile, says her family can say it saved eight lives.

By Clare McCarthy/Special to IowaWatch

/ 9 Jun 2016

Transition From Vietnamese Refugees To Iowans On An Intercultural Adventure

From Refugee Camp to Iowa, Plus Prepping For A Story 40 Years Later

The Pulau Bidong camp, where the Nguyen family lived for six months, was only 1 square kilometer in area and housed approximately 18,000 Vietnamese refugees by January 1979. After the Nguyens moved to Iowa that number continued to grow.

By Clare McCarthy/Special to IowaWatch

/ 2 Jun 2016

From Refugee Camp to Iowa, Plus Prepping For A Story 40 Years Later

Open Arms In Iowa: How A News Report Brought Back Memories Of Iowa's Vietnamese Refugee Relief

Saigon had fallen and Vietnamese refugees needed a new home. Iowa opened its arms in the 1970s. A former IowaWatch reporter's story rekindled memories for one Iowan whose family took in some of those refugees. This five-part series by Clare McCarthy tells that story.

By Clare McCarthy/Special to IowaWatch

/ 26 May 2016

Open Arms In Iowa: How A News Report Brought Back Memories Of Iowa's Vietnamese Refugee Relief

Inside The Reporter's Notebook: How The Gazette Dug Into High State Tax Credit For Private Schools

The Gazette's investigative reporter Erin Jordan explains the reporting she did to reveal why some Iowans are concerned about a generous tax credit Student Tuition Organizations get to assist students at private schools.

By Clare McCarthy

/ 20 Aug 2015

Inside The Reporter's Notebook: How The Gazette Dug Into High State Tax Credit For Private Schools

Down In Funding and Polls, Hatch's Climb Is Steep In Iowa's Gubernatorial Race

Democrat Jack Hatch’s gubernatorial campaign clearly has been in the kind of steep uphill climb you would expect when running against an incumbent like Republican Terry Branstad, especially when Branstad had 22 times more campaign money than Hatch had mid-summer.

By Lyle Muller

/ 25 Sep 2014

Down In Funding and Polls, Hatch's Climb Is Steep In Iowa's Gubernatorial Race

Gubernatorial Candidates Spar Over Best Way To Provide Jobs In Iowa, Leadership

The Republican and Democratic candidates for governor wasted no time digging into the merits of a $100 million tax break that lured a $1.6 billion fertilizer company to Lee County. Republican Gov. Terry Branstad and Democratic challenger state Sen. Jack Hatch also lobbed accusations of improper beha

By Lyle Muller

/ 20 Sep 2014

Gubernatorial Candidates Spar Over Best Way To Provide Jobs In Iowa, Leadership

Governor Says Medicaid Funding Decision For Abortions Would Be Tough, But He Could Make It

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

By Jacob Luplow

/ 11 Jul 2014

Governor Says Medicaid Funding Decision For Abortions Would Be Tough, But He Could Make It

Governor Puts Focus on Veterans, Student Debt Reduction, Broadband Expansion In Legislative Program

Branstad Also Lays Out Hopes For A Better-Wired Iowa And Anti-Bullying Proposal In Condition Of State Address

By Lyle Muller, Linh Ta, Lauren Mills, Katie Kuntz and Sarah Hadley

/ 14 Jan 2014

Governor Puts Focus on Veterans, Student Debt Reduction, Broadband Expansion In Legislative Program

IowaWatch Interview: Branstad Willing To Use Position To Keep Legislative Agenda On Track

Despite talk about bipartisanship, the Iowa legislative session started with party leaders voicing different agendas, but Gov. Terry Branstad remaining confident in an IowaWatch interview that the session would stay

By IowaWatch staff

/ 13 Jan 2014

IowaWatch Interview: Branstad Willing To Use Position To Keep Legislative Agenda On Track