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IowaWatch Connection Podcast: Iowa Schools Struggle With ADA Compliance

The federal Americans with Disabilities Act is intended to help people access public facilities, but an IowaWatch investigation shows most of our schools are not in compliance with the law.

By Hannah Soyer and Jeff Stein

/ 13 Jun 2016

IowaWatch Connection Podcast: Iowa Schools Struggle With ADA Compliance

IowaWatch Connection Podcast: Iowa Economy A Mixed Bag With Projected Agricultural Slump But Some Increased Hiring

Iowa’s economy is a mixed bag. The agricultural sector is in a slump and gaps exist in worker training and skill sets, but other elements are on the rise.

By Jeff Stein

/ 6 Jun 2016

IowaWatch Connection Podcast: Iowa Economy A Mixed Bag With Projected Agricultural Slump But Some Increased Hiring

IowaWatch Connection Podcast: The Moment Of Rescue - Reaction To Winning The Prize

One split second captured in a photograph defined the dramatic rescue of Patricia Ralph-Neely below Des Moines' Center Street Dam on June 30, 2009.

By Lyle Muller and Jeff Stein

/ 23 May 2016

IowaWatch Connection Podcast: The Moment Of Rescue - Reaction To Winning The Prize

IowaWatch Connection Podcast: The Moment Of Rescue - The Making Of A Pulitzer-Winning Photo

A dramatic rescue at a Des Moines dam in 2009 resulted in a Pulitzer Prize for a Des Moines Register photographer. But there's more to the story.

By Lyle Muller and Jeff Stein

/ 17 May 2016

IowaWatch Connection Podcast: The Moment Of Rescue - The Making Of A Pulitzer-Winning Photo

IowaWatch Connection Podcast: Iowa Seniors Face Challenges From Scammers To Planning For Long-Term Care

Iowa’s senior citizens face a number of challenges, from resisting those who want to take advantage of them to making proper plans for passing down the family farm or planning for long term care.

By Jeff Stein

/ 9 May 2016

Brazil’s thriving soy industry threatens its forests and global climate targets | The Conversation

Why are Brazil's soybean farmers turning profits while the country's economy is on the brink of collapse?

By Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting Staff

/ 22 Apr 2016

IowaWatch Connection Podcast: Grassley Losing Some Luster With Supreme Court Nomination Stance

There was a time when Chuck Grassley simply was known as a senator from Iowa. Now, following the death of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia and President Obama's nomination of Merrick Garland, Americans in all 50 states want a piece of the senator.

By Lyle Muller and Jeff Stein

/ 18 Apr 2016

IowaWatch Connection Podcast: Grassley Losing Some Luster With Supreme Court Nomination Stance

Blighted Housing: Much of Missouri migrant farmworker housing left out of inspection program

The state and local agencies responsible for overseeing migrant farmworker housing vary from state to state. Here's a detailed look at how oversight works in Missouri.

By Francisco Vara-Orta/For The Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting

/ 13 Apr 2016

Blighted Housing: Much of Missouri migrant farmworker housing left out of inspection program

Blighted Housing: Visa program requires housing inspections for non-U.S. farmworkers

Hundreds of migrant workers come to the United States from Mexico and other countries with special H-2A farm visas, but they make up only a fraction of the total number of migrant farmworkers.

By Investigate Midwest staff

/ 13 Apr 2016

Blighted Housing: Visa program requires housing inspections for non-U.S. farmworkers

IowaWatch Connection Podcast: Voter Dissatisfaction Disrupting Presidential Nominations

Iowans had some clear ideas about what they wanted the current slate of candidates to do once in office. Now, as the prospect of one or even two open conventions is upon us, was anyone listening?

By Jeff Stein

/ 11 Apr 2016

IowaWatch Connection Podcast: Voter Dissatisfaction Disrupting Presidential Nominations

IowaWatch Connection Podcast: Removing the Stigma, Part One

The first in a series of programs on Pulitzer Prize-winning Iowa journalists and the stories they told that added to our state's history. This program is part one of a two-part series, remembering a ground-breaking series that helped removed the stigma from rape.

By Lyle Muller, with Jeff Stein

/ 28 Mar 2016

IowaWatch Connection Podcast: Removing the Stigma, Part One

IowaWatch Connection Podcast: Legislature Reaches Key Tax Deal, Education Funding Still Uncertain

The tenth week of the 2016 legislative session is over, with surprising breakthroughs on budget issues just before the second funnel deadline.

By Jeff Stein

/ 14 Mar 2016

IowaWatch Connection Podcast: Legislature Reaches Key Tax Deal, Education Funding Still Uncertain