Jeff Stein

Podcast: Finding The Right Blend Of Downtown Iowa Residents

? The mix of University of Iowa students but also non-student, would-be homeowners who want to live in or near downtown Iowa City is out of balance, city housing

By Lauren Wade and Jeff Stein

/ 29 Jan 2018

Podcast: Finding The Right Blend Of Downtown Iowa Residents

Water Quality, Mental Health At Forefront In 2018 Iowa Legislature

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

By Jeff Stein

/ 15 Jan 2018

Water Quality, Mental Health At Forefront In 2018 Iowa Legislature

Former Iowa Democratic Party Leader Airs Concerns In Radio Report Podcast About Proposed Precinct Caucus Rules

A Democratic Party proposal to count raw totals during the 2020 presidential precinct caucuses is wrong in two ways, former Iowa Democratic Party chairman David Nagle said during a weekend IowaWatch Connection radio report interview.

By Jeff Stein and Lyle Muller

/ 18 Dec 2017

Former Iowa Democratic Party Leader Airs Concerns In Radio Report Podcast About Proposed Precinct Caucus Rules

Hear The IowaWatch Connection Report: Immigration And Fear

The clock is ticking down toward expiration of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, provisions. At issue — what to do with so-called DREAMers, people who were brought

By Madeleine McCormick and Jeff Stein

/ 27 Nov 2017

Hear The IowaWatch Connection Report: Immigration And Fear

Memories From Vietnam War Still Raw For Some Of Its Iowa Veterans

Time slowly has healed some, but not all, of the wounds for Vietnam War veterans in Iowa, even though more than 42 years have passed since the last soldiers, one of them an Iowan, died in that war.

By Lyle Muller and Jeff Stein

/ 10 Nov 2017

Memories From Vietnam War Still Raw For Some Of Its Iowa Veterans

IowaWatch Connection Report: Closing Iowa's Opportunity Gap

White Iowans made strong gains in high school and college graduation rates, poverty, median family income and home ownership from 1960-2010 but black and Latino achievements in these areas grew far more slowly, or in some cases declined. This IowaWatch Connection radio podcast looks at ways some are

By Lyle Muller and Jeff Stein

/ 30 Oct 2017

IowaWatch Connection Report: Closing Iowa's Opportunity Gap

Iowa's State Funding Shortfall Gives Governor Candidates A Hot-Button Issue

An Oct. 19 Revenue Estimating Conference report showing Iowa's revenue projections for this fiscal year down $133 million from where they were anticipated primed the state's gubernatorial campaign with a hot topic: how finances are being managed.

By Lyle Muller and Jeff Stein

/ 23 Oct 2017

Iowa's State Funding Shortfall Gives Governor Candidates A Hot-Button Issue

Podcast: Living With The Threat Of Alzheimer's

The growing number of aging Iowans means more are dealing with Alzheimer's disease. Some 64,000 in the state suffer from this disease at a time when Iowa is tightening its Medicaid system, which pays for long-term nursing home care for Alzheimer's patients.

By Cindy Hadish, Lyle Muller and Jeff Stein

/ 16 Oct 2017

Podcast: Living With The Threat Of Alzheimer's

Podcast: Growing Demand For Rail Shipping In Iowa

Iowa's 3,851 miles of track won't be enough to carry all the freight state Department of Transportation planners think Iowa will handle in the future. Those planners expect demand on Iowa's railroads for shipping goods to increase 52 percent from 2014 to 2040.

By Lyle Muller and Jeff Stein

/ 3 Oct 2017

Podcast: Growing Demand For Rail Shipping In Iowa

First-Gen Americans Walk A Bridge When Explaining Their Roots

They were born in the United States and consider themselves full-blooded Americans. But the fact that their parents immigrated to this country means first-generation Americans often have to explain their ethnicity, and citizenship.

By Krista Johnson, Lyle Muller and Jeff Stein

/ 25 Sep 2017

First-Gen Americans Walk A Bridge When Explaining Their Roots

Podcast: Democrats Figuring Fixes For Next Presidential Precinct Caucuses

Iowa Democratic Party leaders are trying to fix problems party members saw in the 2016 presidential precinct caucuses, which had their fair share of overloaded rooms, missed opportunities for some registered Democrats to participate fully and coin flips to determine county convention delegate commit

By Jeff Stein

/ 18 Sep 2017

Podcast: Democrats Figuring Fixes For Next Presidential Precinct Caucuses

IowaWatch Connection Podcast: The Cost of Economic Development In Iowa

This IowaWatch Connection podcast examines Iowa's tax breaks for new businesses after a recent deal to bring a new Apple Inc. center to Waukee. Good deal or not?

By Jeff Stein

/ 11 Sep 2017