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Tougher farm safety regulation hard to come by in Iowa

Iowa’s small farms are on their own when it comes to work safety, even though farmers suffer more fatal occupational injuries than any other kind of worker in the state. Limited Occupational Safety and Health Administration enforcement and coverage favors large farms, leaving the rest on an honors s

By Sarah Hadley/ IowaWatch.org

/ 4 Nov 2013

Tougher farm safety regulation hard to come by in Iowa

Campus Safety Alert Systems For Students Vary, Leaving Coverage Gaps

Iowa's public universities are getting emergency safety alerts out to students, but how they do it is different on each campus. And the effectiveness of some kinds of communication comes into question, especially when it comes to reaching students by their prime mean of communication: mobile.

By Sarah Hadley/ IowaWatch.org and Amy Harwath

/ 30 Apr 2013

Campus Safety Alert Systems For Students Vary, Leaving Coverage Gaps

Farm belt state struggles in shift to recycling

From IowaWatch.org - More than half of what Iowans dump into landfills could have been recycled or composted. In some areas, that amount is as high as 75 percent, landfill operators said. An IowaWatch investigation revealed that the gap between tons dumped into the ground and tons recycled at Iowa’s

By Sarah Hadley/ IowaWatch.org and Sujin Kim

/ 22 Feb 2013