Lauren Mills

Database: Iowa Farm Fatalities

Farm deaths accounted for more than 30 percent of all occupational fatalities in Iowa between 2001 and 2011, an IowaWatch analysis of data from the Iowa Fatality Assessment and Control

By Lauren Mills

/ 3 Nov 2013

Database: Iowa's Opportunity Gap

U.S. Census data show where black and Latino Iowans have fallen behind white Iowans when it comes to income, jobs, home ownership and high school and college degrees. IowaWatch obtained an analysis of 50 years of U.S. Census data from the Colorado-based public service journalism organization I-News,

By Lauren Mills

/ 15 Sep 2013

Database: Iowa Levee Inspections

Browse this IowaWatch database of levee inspections in Iowa. An IowaWatch story says Iowa towns are at risk because of spotty inspections and an inability to respond efficiently to flaws that exist in some levees.

By Lauren Mills

/ 11 Aug 2013

IowaWatch Investigation: Barriers Keep Drug-Addicted Mothers From Treatment

Social, economic and logistical barriers keep many pregnant, drug-addicted women in Iowa from accessing substance abuse treatment. Moreover, despite attention given the problem over the years, social stigma and fear of losing custody can keep them from seeking medical care during pregnancy, an IowaW

By Lauren Mills

/ 4 Aug 2013

IowaWatch Investigation: Barriers Keep Drug-Addicted Mothers From Treatment

Databases: Drugs and Iowa Children — Updated

Between 2003 and 2011, more than 11,150 children were found to have illicit drugs in their system, information from the Department of Human Services shows. An interactive IowaWatch map shows you how bad the problem is in your Iowa county.

By Lauren Mills and Sarah Hadley

/ 2 Aug 2013

Databases: Drugs and Iowa Children — Updated

Database: Iowa Library Collection Expenditures from FY2003 to FY2012

Database shows 10-year trends for spending at all of Iowa's public libraries printed materials, digital materials, audio and video. Find your library and see how it changed from 2003 to 2012.

By Lauren Mills

/ 22 Jul 2013

Database: Iowa Library Collection Expenditures from FY2003 to FY2012

Political spending by outside groups goes unmonitored

When it comes to telling voters who is spending money on political ads, Iowa fails. It got an “F” in a recent study on state disclosure policies for political spending

By Lauren Mills and Robert Maharry

/ 17 May 2013

Political spending by outside groups goes unmonitored

Student Debt for Iowa's New College Graduates Remains High

IowaWatch project with college student journalists in Iowa shows that, despite growing numbers of state and federal programs aimed at improving students' financial literacy and years of talk about Iowa's high student debt, students continue to graduate with debt that will follow them long after they

By Lauren Mills

/ 6 May 2013

Student Debt for Iowa's New College Graduates Remains High

Guns on Campus: A poll of University of Iowa Students

A survey by a University of Iowa journalism class found UI students generally feel safe on campus and support the current campus weapons ban. The survey also looked into how

By Lauren Mills

/ 18 Mar 2013

Obama in Iowa City

With student Stafford loan interest rates on the verge of doubling, President Barack Obama entered the University of Iowa’s Field House today and urged students to appeal to Congress to extend the rate freeze before it jumps to 6.8 percent in July.

By Lauren Mills and Rebekah Hoeger

/ 25 Apr 2012

Wetlands and the Water Works: Flowing Off the Farm and into the Water Supply

Part three of a three part series.

By Lauren Mills

/ 2 Apr 2012

Wetlands and the Water Works: Flowing Off the Farm and into the Water Supply

Iowans fall Through Gaps in Splintered Mental Health System

Underfunded, understaffed and riddled with gaps, Iowa’s mental health system is broken. Such is the dismal assessment of advocates, state and county officials and families who have sought care. Counties and state institutions have faced limited funding for years, and legislators are now beginning to

By Lauren Mills and Jim Malewitz

/ 8 Mar 2011