Jeff Stein

IowaWatch Connection Podcast: Large Money Gap, Few Dark Money Contributions So Far In Grassley-Judge Senate Race

A big money gap marked the U.S. Senate race between incumbent Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley and his Democrat challenger Patty Judge, according to the latest campaign disclosure reports available earlier this week at the time of production. Grassley's campaign had $5.2 million on hand back in May, 2

By Lyle Muller and Jeff Stein

/ 25 Jul 2016

IowaWatch Connection Podcast: Large Money Gap, Few Dark Money Contributions So Far In Grassley-Judge Senate Race

IowaWatch Connection Podcast: Health Impacts Of Widely-Used Pesticides Uncertain

From our friends at Iowa Watch: Iowa’s wide expanses of row-cropped fields produced roughly 2.5 billion bushels of corn and 554 million bushels of soybeans in 2015. And for many, those high yields are thanks in part to pesticides. But what impact, if any, do those chemicals have on our health? It’s

By Lauren Mills/IowaWatch.org and Jeff Stein

/ 29 Jun 2016

IowaWatch Connection Podcast: Health Impacts Of Widely-Used Pesticides Uncertain

IowaWatch Connection: Iowa Communities Fighting Opioid Addiction As It Continues To Claim Lives

Forty-four people die everyday in the U.S. from overdose of prescription pain killers, according to statistics provided by the U.S. Attorney’s office. Annually those overdose deaths exceed motor vehicle or firearms deaths. Iowa communities are working to address addiction issues, but for some those

By Jeff Stein

/ 27 Jun 2016

IowaWatch Connection: Iowa Communities Fighting Opioid Addiction As It Continues To Claim Lives

IowaWatch Connection Podcast: Health Impacts Of Widely-Used Pesticides Uncertain

Iowa’s wide expanses of row-cropped fields produced roughly 2.5 billion bushels of corn and 554 million bushels of soybeans in 2015. And for many, those high yields are thanks in part to pesticides. But what impact, if any, do those chemicals have on our health? It’s a controversial topic and the an

By Lauren Mills and Jeff Stein

/ 20 Jun 2016

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

IowaWatch Connection Podcast: With Speech on College Campuses, How Far Is Too Far?

College traditionally is considered a place where open speech and expression are learning tools, taking students deeper into issues. But does a line exist where speech on campus goes too far? This podcast is part of an IowaWatch college media journalism project in which 14 college student journalist

By Lyle Muller and Jeff Stein

/ 2 May 2016

IowaWatch Connection Podcast: With Speech on College Campuses, How Far Is Too Far?

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

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: Large Money Gap, Few Dark Money Contributions So Far In Grassley-Judge Senate Race

IowaWatch Connection Podcast: Health Impacts Of Widely-Used Pesticides Uncertain

IowaWatch Connection: Iowa Communities Fighting Opioid Addiction As It Continues To Claim Lives

IowaWatch Connection Podcast: Health Impacts Of Widely-Used Pesticides Uncertain

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

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

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

IowaWatch Connection Podcast: With Speech on College Campuses, How Far Is Too Far?

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

IowaWatch Connection Podcast: Voter Dissatisfaction Disrupting Presidential Nominations

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