Lyle Muller

Main streets in small-town Iowa

A selected collection of downtown or main street photos taken in Iowa's small towns in summer 2021 for "Small Town Solution," an IowaWatch report on how

By Lyle Muller

/ 30 Sep 2021

Deep concern for some Iowa hospitals’ viability after COVID-19 crisis

Some Iowa hospitals ramping up their efforts to treat COVID-19 victims will not survive the pandemic without an infusion of cash, the head of the professional association for those hospitals said.

By Lyle Muller

/ 3 Apr 2020

Deep concern for some Iowa hospitals’ viability after COVID-19 crisis

Growing Costs At Iowa's Colleges, Universities Put Focus On Financial Aid

The projected sticker price for Iowans wanting to attend a private college or university in-state will exceed $60,000 annually by 2024-25 at nine private Iowa schools and 10 the following school year in 2025-26, The Hechinger Report projected after studying tuition and cost-of-living trends for high

By Lyle Muller

/ 30 Oct 2019

Growing Costs At Iowa's Colleges, Universities Put Focus On Financial Aid

Long Line Of Presidential Candidates Trying To Emerge In Caucus-State Iowa

Former Vice President Joe Biden drew more people but Montana Gov. Steve Bullock, a presumptive long-shot in a bid for the Democratic presidential nomination, still was able to rouse

By Lyle Muller

/ 8 Aug 2019

Long Line Of Presidential Candidates Trying To Emerge In Caucus-State Iowa

Evans Opinion: There Is No Asterisk In This Disclosure Law

When he was governor, Terry Branstad often voiced his frustration that he was not able to comment on the reasons a state government employee was fired or demoted. In Branstad’

By Lyle Muller

/ 31 Jul 2019

Evans Opinion: There Is No Asterisk In This Disclosure Law

Political Party Leaders Still Hot To Argue About Adjourned Legislative Session

The Republican Party’s state chairman said Democrats have nothing to complain about when it comes to a series of last-minute Republican bills adopted in the final days of the Iowa Legislature’s 2019 session. The Democratic Party leader disagrees, as you would expect.

By Jeff Stein and Lyle Muller

/ 6 May 2019

Political Party Leaders Still Hot To Argue About Adjourned Legislative Session

Iowa Ag Secretary Says Pesticide Investigation Staff Levels To Remain The Same Despite Higher Demand

LISTEN TO THE PODCAST Iowa will not add investigators to handle an increased number of pesticide drift complaints, favoring instead more efficient ways to handle complaint inspections, the state’s

By Lyle Muller and Jeff Stein

/ 16 Mar 2019

Iowa Ag Secretary Says Pesticide Investigation Staff Levels To Remain The Same Despite Higher Demand

Podcast: Governor Says Funds Exist For Iowa's Budget Proposals; Dems Would Like More

Iowa Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds says enough state money will exist to pay for projects she proposed last week during her annual Condition of the State address. IowaWatch interviewed her and responding Democrats for this podcast report.

By Lyle Muller

/ 21 Jan 2019

Podcast: Governor Says Funds Exist For Iowa's Budget Proposals; Dems Would Like More

Governor Calls On Iowa To Move Forward On Mental Health, Education, Rural Needs, Voting Rights

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds stressed keeping promises for mental health care funding, education, rural revitalization and second chances Tuesday in her Condition of the State address. The call for second chances would come via a new state constitutional amendment that restores voting rights for felons wh

By Lyle Muller

/ 15 Jan 2019

Governor Calls On Iowa To Move Forward On Mental Health, Education, Rural Needs, Voting Rights

Federal Judge Strikes Iowa Ag-Gag Law

A federal judge has struck down as unconstitutional a 2012 Iowa law that banned undercover recording at agricultural production facilities in the state, saying the law’s primary aim is curbing speech critical of practices at those facilities. IowaWatch was part of a friend of the court filing in thi

By Lyle Muller

/ 9 Jan 2019

Republican Committee Leader: No Change In Iowa's Public Employee Retirement Plan

Republicans have no plans to change the Iowa Public Employees’ Retirement System, including reductions in benefits from the system that handles the pension plan for 350,000 state employees, the incoming chair of the House State Government Committee said. Plus, a podcast on what to expect in the 2019

By Lyle Muller

/ 6 Dec 2018

Republican Committee Leader: No Change In Iowa's Public Employee Retirement Plan

Podcast: Elections Are Over, But Not Interest In Politics For These People

The campaign for the November 2018 elections are over but that hasn't stopped people from keeping political arguments alive, even if the interest no longer is at an election season pace.

By Lyle Muller

/ 3 Dec 2018

Main streets in small-town Iowa

Deep concern for some Iowa hospitals’ viability after COVID-19 crisis

Growing Costs At Iowa's Colleges, Universities Put Focus On Financial Aid

Long Line Of Presidential Candidates Trying To Emerge In Caucus-State Iowa

Evans Opinion: There Is No Asterisk In This Disclosure Law

Political Party Leaders Still Hot To Argue About Adjourned Legislative Session

Iowa Ag Secretary Says Pesticide Investigation Staff Levels To Remain The Same Despite Higher Demand

Podcast: Governor Says Funds Exist For Iowa's Budget Proposals; Dems Would Like More

Governor Calls On Iowa To Move Forward On Mental Health, Education, Rural Needs, Voting Rights

Federal Judge Strikes Iowa Ag-Gag Law

Republican Committee Leader: No Change In Iowa's Public Employee Retirement Plan

Podcast: Elections Are Over, But Not Interest In Politics For These People

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