Lauren Mills

Sidebar: Organic Certification And Pesticide Drift

Organic farm certification is automatically reinstated after three years without additional chemical impacts. The three-year window is the same as the requirement that land, upon initial organic certification, must go through a three-year period in which no non-organic products are applied.

By Lauren Mills

/ 15 Sep 2016

Sidebar: Organic Certification And Pesticide Drift

Drifting Pesticides Put Neighboring Farms At Risk

Iowa’s organic farms, vineyards, apiaries and other non-conventional farms surrounded by row crops treated with pesticides are at risk of being hit with drifting spray that can leave their farms’ futures uncertain.

By Lauren Mills

/ 15 Sep 2016

Drifting Pesticides Put Neighboring Farms At Risk

Growing Health Concerns Surrounding Pesticides, Including Two Commonly Used In Iowa

Some farmers applying pesticides to fields this summer might ignore symptoms of being exposed to the chemicals, like headaches or nausea. But mounting evidence shows chronic exposure to pesticides may increase risks for certain cancers, like prostate cancer, and for other chronic illnesses, like Par

By Lauren Mills

/ 21 Jul 2016

Growing Health Concerns Surrounding Pesticides, Including Two Commonly Used In Iowa

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: Health Impacts Of Widely-Used Pesticides Uncertain

Database: Iowa Landfills Tonnage (2000-2015)

Each year, landfills must turn in information on the tonnage taken in, which is reported to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources.

By Lauren Mills

/ 17 Jun 2016

Database: Iowa School Americans With Disabilities Act Compliance

Data shows the results of school district equity reviews conducted by the Iowa Department of Education based on the letter of findings sent to districts as well as the date upon which school districts became compliant. Documents from reviews starting in the fall of 2010 through February 2016 were re

By Lauren Mills

/ 16 May 2016

Database: Iowa School Americans With Disabilities Act Compliance

IowaWatch Sunshine Week Report: The Cost Of Uncertainty In Iowa’s Public Record Laws

Costs and time spent defining what qualifies as an open record in Iowa are the biggest impediments to gaining access to information about how government functions and the way public money is spent. The cluster of rules defining public records in Iowa can be confusing or leave room for uncertainty. W

By Lauren Mills

/ 13 Mar 2016

IowaWatch Sunshine Week Report: The Cost Of Uncertainty In Iowa’s Public Record Laws

Water Issues Inspired University of Iowa Dance Program

Water — how it moves, its environmental and health impacts and its cultural significance —inspired upcoming performances by the University of Iowa Dancers in Company. The performance, called "Water Works," is based on water quality research and dips a toe into an emotionally fraught conversation tha

By Lauren Mills

/ 18 Feb 2016

Water Issues Inspired University of Iowa Dance Program

Podcast: Young Journalists Gain Experience Covering Their First Iowa Presidential Caucuses

IowaWatch reporters Hannah Soyer and Danielle Wilde, spoke with assistant editor/data analyst/reporter Lauren Mills about the experience of covering their first Iowa caucuses in this podcast.

By Lauren Mills, Hannah Soyer and Danielle Wilde

/ 4 Feb 2016

Podcast: Young Journalists Gain Experience Covering Their First Iowa Presidential Caucuses

Database: 2016 Iowa Caucus Results

Maps provide a glance at the 2016 Caucus returns. A comparison of the Democratic votes in 2008 and 2016 show little consistency with counties won or lost by Clinton in the two caucuses.

By Lauren Mills

/ 2 Feb 2016

Database: 2008 Caucus Results

What did the Iowa Caucuses look like in 2008, the last time both parties had an open field in the competition for party nominations? We have turnout data and results from both parties.

By Lauren Mills

/ 1 Feb 2016

IowaWatch Connection Podcast: The Fight Against Opioid Addiction

Iowa is one of seven states that have not expanded access to a life-saving drug that can reverse overdoses of heroin and certain pain medications. Previous attempts failed in part due to concerns about consequences to law enforcement.

By Jeff Stein and Lauren Mills

/ 18 Jan 2016

Sidebar: Organic Certification And Pesticide Drift

Drifting Pesticides Put Neighboring Farms At Risk

Growing Health Concerns Surrounding Pesticides, Including Two Commonly Used In Iowa

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

Database: Iowa Landfills Tonnage (2000-2015)

Database: Iowa School Americans With Disabilities Act Compliance

IowaWatch Sunshine Week Report: The Cost Of Uncertainty In Iowa’s Public Record Laws

Water Issues Inspired University of Iowa Dance Program

Podcast: Young Journalists Gain Experience Covering Their First Iowa Presidential Caucuses

Database: 2016 Iowa Caucus Results

Database: 2008 Caucus Results

IowaWatch Connection Podcast: The Fight Against Opioid Addiction

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