Lyle Muller

Disappearing Farmland: Small Towns Trade Farmland For Residential Development

Driving along Route 47 in Kane County, Illinois, corn and soybean fields are dotted with signs advertising the amenities of burgeoning communities. For more than 20 years, Kane County has been a poster child for urban sprawl, the spreading of development of land on the edge of a metropolitan area.

By Lyle Muller

/ 14 Nov 2018

Disappearing Farmland: Small Towns Trade Farmland For Residential Development

Podcast: Political Division Runs Through Nation's History, Former Iowa Congressman Reminds Us

Some Americans may think their country is divided politically more than ever but political acrimony was more serious, and sometimes violent, in other times in U.S. history, former long-time U.S. congressman James Leach, of Iowa, said in an IowaWatch interview. Listen to the interview in this podcast

By Lyle Muller and Jeff Stein

/ 15 Oct 2018

Podcast: Political Division Runs Through Nation's History, Former Iowa Congressman Reminds Us

Iowa Democrats Trying To Keep New Presidential Precinct Caucus Rules In Sync With New Hampshire Primary

Leading Iowa Democrats say changes in how their precinct caucuses are run will make participation in the nation's first presidential nominating caucuses more open in 2020 than it was in 2016, when confusion existed over how caucus night delegates supporting Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders were se

By Jeff Stein and Lyle Muller

/ 8 Oct 2018

Iowa Democrats Trying To Keep New Presidential Precinct Caucus Rules In Sync With New Hampshire Primary

Iowans Say National Survey On Violence Against ER Docs Is No Surprise

Iowa hospital representatives are not surprised by an American College of Emergency Physicians survey revealing that nearly 50 percent of emergency physicians have been physically assaulted on the job. An IowaWatch supplement to a FairWarning story.

By Lyle Muller

/ 4 Oct 2018

Iowans Say National Survey On Violence Against ER Docs Is No Surprise

White Supremacy Shows Up In Iowa

The most recent Federal Bureau of Investigation data for 2016, issued in late 2017, showed 12 Iowa law enforcement agencies reporting 17 hate crimes in Iowa.

By Lyle Muller

/ 21 Aug 2018

Trying To Dial Down The Political Debate Temperature In Iowa

Eastern Iowans interested in politics are trying to have civil conversations about this issues dividing them. They've joined an nationwide movement called Better Angels, a bipartisan citizen’s effort to bring Republicans and Democrats together to talk to one another in a civil manner.

By Lyle Muller

/ 20 Aug 2018

Trying To Dial Down The Political Debate Temperature In Iowa

A.G. Sessions: Nationwide Court Injunctions Impede Will Of People

DON’T MISS AN IOWAWATCH STORY. SUBSCRIBE NOW TO OUR NEWSLETTER. The Trump Administration’s ability to enact the voters’ will is impeded by a continual stream of nationwide court

By Lyle Muller

/ 17 Aug 2018

A.G. Sessions: Nationwide Court Injunctions Impede Will Of People

View Our 990 Tax Return for 2017

The Iowa Center for Public Affairs Journalism, which runs IowaWatch.org, has filed its 990 tax return for 2017. The return shows what the nonprofit center reported as earning and

By Lyle Muller

/ 5 Jul 2018

Low Numbers, Low Awareness For Support Programs Dampen University Of Iowa Experience For Many Minority Students

The University of Iowa has services and programming to help African American and Latino students feel welcome but a lot of those students don’t know about them, students at

By Lyle Muller

/ 3 May 2018

Low Numbers, Low Awareness For Support Programs Dampen University Of Iowa Experience For Many Minority Students

IowaWatch Connection Hits Milestone -- 200 Programs

The IowaWatch Connection radio report, part of a statewide audience engagement program, premiered July 5-6, 2014, as a 13-week experiment that would spread reporting by IowaWatch.org to

By Jeff Stein and Lyle Muller

/ 30 Apr 2018

IowaWatch Connection Hits Milestone -- 200 Programs

EPA Eased Herbicide Regulations Following Monsanto Research, Records Show

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency lessened protections for crops and wildlife habitats after Monsanto supplied research that presented lower estimates of how far the weed killer dicamba can drift,

By Lyle Muller

/ 4 Mar 2018

EPA Eased Herbicide Regulations Following Monsanto Research, Records Show

UNI President Says Being Spared Mid-Year Budget Cuts Reflects University's Mission

University of Northern Iowa President Mark Nook said a proposed mid-year funding cut for the University of Iowa and Iowa State University but not the University of Northern Iowa reflects each university's distinct mission, not favoritism. This IowaWatch Connection podcast covers that and other topic

By Jeff Stein and Lyle Muller

/ 26 Feb 2018

Disappearing Farmland: Small Towns Trade Farmland For Residential Development

Podcast: Political Division Runs Through Nation's History, Former Iowa Congressman Reminds Us

Iowa Democrats Trying To Keep New Presidential Precinct Caucus Rules In Sync With New Hampshire Primary

Iowans Say National Survey On Violence Against ER Docs Is No Surprise

White Supremacy Shows Up In Iowa

Trying To Dial Down The Political Debate Temperature In Iowa

A.G. Sessions: Nationwide Court Injunctions Impede Will Of People

View Our 990 Tax Return for 2017

Low Numbers, Low Awareness For Support Programs Dampen University Of Iowa Experience For Many Minority Students

IowaWatch Connection Hits Milestone -- 200 Programs

EPA Eased Herbicide Regulations Following Monsanto Research, Records Show

UNI President Says Being Spared Mid-Year Budget Cuts Reflects University's Mission

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