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Agribusiness Companies Capitalize On Tax Breaks, Grants, Subsidies and Loans
By:Robert Holly/Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting |
Each year, state agencies and the federal government together send tens of billions of taxpayer dollars to some of the largest corporations in America, several of which are major agribusinesses. The Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting explains.
IowaWatch Connection: Lottery Proceeds and Gambling Addiction
By:Jeff Stein |
The Iowa Lottery turns 30 years old this year. Where does the money from lottery revenue go? And what about those who succumb to gambling addiction?
Plenty Of 2015 College Grads Will Continue Exodus Trend From Iowa
By:Lauren Mills |
Iowa’s population has remained largely stagnant over several decades and, despite state efforts to entice young workers to stay, many Iowa college graduates leaving the state are keeping it that way.
SPJ Names Lu Shen IowaWatch Story Nation’s Best Student Journalism Online News Story
By:IowaWatch |
An IowaWatch story former reporter Lu Shen wrote about University of Iowa difficulty helping Chinese students adjust to Iowa in 2013-14 has won the Society of Professional Journalists’ (SPJ) Mark of Excellence Award for best online news story by a college journalist in 2014.
Hidden Disabilities Diagnoses Up But Some Students Remain Unreported At Iowa Colleges, Universities
By:Ben Rodgers |
When Donna Musel started work as Buena Vista University’s disabilities coordinator only two students with illnesses requested classroom accommodations to help them do their college studies. “Now I have quite a few more than that,” Musel said this spring.
