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Video Report: Iowa's Texting-While-Driving Ban Hard To Enforce

Iowa’s law banning texting while driving is hard to enforce because of how it is written. This video report explains that Iowa convicted an average of only 2.5 drivers per county for texting in 2013, even as the number of texting-related crashes has started to rise in Iowa.

By Sarah Hadley

/ 15 Dec 2014

Video Report: Iowa's Texting-While-Driving Ban Hard To Enforce

Governor On Board With University Funding Plan

A controversial new funding distribution plan for Iowa’s three state universities, proposed by the Board of Regents, appears to have strong support from Gov. Terry Branstad. “It makes sense to me that the focus should be on giving higher educational opportunities for Iowa in-state students,” Bransta

By Sarah Hadley

/ 7 Jul 2014

Governor On Board With University Funding Plan

Texting and Driving Statistics, In Charts

Data compiled by Sarah Hadley/IowaWatch. Visualized by Lauren Mills/IowaWatch.

By Sarah Hadley and Lauren Mills

/ 25 Jun 2014

Iowa's Texting-While-Driving Ban Not Reducing Crashes, Hard To Enforce

Iowa’s law banning texting while driving is failing to reduce road crashes, and officers seldom enforce it because of legal restrictions, an IowaWatch investigation shows. Crash history reports from the Iowa Department of Transportation show that since the Iowa Legislature enacted it in July 2011, t

By Sarah Hadley

/ 8 Jun 2014

Iowa's Texting-While-Driving Ban Not Reducing Crashes, Hard To Enforce

Expect No Farm Safety Legislation This Year In Iowa

Support from Iowa lawmakers for stricter farm safety regulation does not exist in the new legislative session. This is despite agriculture being Iowa’s deadliest occupation and limited Occupational Safety

By Sarah Hadley

/ 28 Jan 2014

Expect No Farm Safety Legislation This Year In Iowa

Governor Puts Focus on Veterans, Student Debt Reduction, Broadband Expansion In Legislative Program

Branstad Also Lays Out Hopes For A Better-Wired Iowa And Anti-Bullying Proposal In Condition Of State Address

By Lyle Muller, Linh Ta, Lauren Mills, Katie Kuntz and Sarah Hadley

/ 14 Jan 2014

Governor Puts Focus on Veterans, Student Debt Reduction, Broadband Expansion In Legislative Program

Matter of Seconds: Injury And Death On America's Farms

Each day hundreds of thousands on the first line of making sure we have food put their own lives at risk for our sustenance. One slip and their lives can be changed forever in a matter of seconds.

By Lauren Mills and Sarah Hadley

/ 16 Dec 2013

Matter of Seconds: Injury And Death On America's Farms

Matter of Seconds: Tougher Farm Safety Regulation Hard To Come By In Iowa

Limited Occupational Safety and Health Administration enforcement and coverage favors large farms, leaving the rest on an honors system in which dangerous farm practices fly under the radar until a serious, and often fatal, injury occurs.

By Sarah Hadley

/ 3 Nov 2013

Matter of Seconds: Tougher Farm Safety Regulation Hard To Come By In Iowa

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

2013 College Grads Seeking Jobs Hurting If They Didn't Get Work Experience in School

IowaWatch project by Iowa college journalism students explores a variety of options facing spring 2013 college graduates in Iowa, shows that multiple internships and work experience while in college give you a leg up on the others. Additional story: Personal Experiences Drive Career Choice for Mount

By Emily Drees, Sarah Hadley, Lauren Horsch, Taylor Grangaard/Special to IowaWatch, Melanie Mackey/Special to IowaWatch and Nora Heaton

/ 28 Apr 2013

2013 College Grads Seeking Jobs Hurting If They Didn't Get Work Experience in School

New Way of Thinking About Landfill Waste Reduction Emerging in Iowa

A promising new program may be the key to pushing Iowa’s landfills into action that decreases the environmental impact of their operations. The program, called Environmental Management System, or

By Sarah Hadley and Sujin Kim

/ 14 Feb 2013

New Way of Thinking About Landfill Waste Reduction Emerging in Iowa

Closing the Gap: Iowa's Effort to Recycle is Hampered by a System That Favors Dumping

Farm belt state struggles in shift to recycling More than half of what Iowans dump into landfills could have been recycled or composted. In some areas, that amount is as

By Sarah Hadley and Sujin Kim

/ 3 Feb 2013

Video Report: Iowa's Texting-While-Driving Ban Hard To Enforce

Governor On Board With University Funding Plan

Texting and Driving Statistics, In Charts

Iowa's Texting-While-Driving Ban Not Reducing Crashes, Hard To Enforce

Expect No Farm Safety Legislation This Year In Iowa

Governor Puts Focus on Veterans, Student Debt Reduction, Broadband Expansion In Legislative Program

Matter of Seconds: Injury And Death On America's Farms

Matter of Seconds: Tougher Farm Safety Regulation Hard To Come By In Iowa

Databases: Drugs and Iowa Children — Updated

2013 College Grads Seeking Jobs Hurting If They Didn't Get Work Experience in School

New Way of Thinking About Landfill Waste Reduction Emerging in Iowa

Closing the Gap: Iowa's Effort to Recycle is Hampered by a System That Favors Dumping

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