The Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting conducted an eight-month review of health studies, government data and interviews with researchers, undocumented residents and community leaders on the aftermath of the 2018 raid in Mt. Pleasant, finding that families and the community remain traumatized by the events, long after the attention by national media and local support waned. The raid at MPC Enterprises is part of a trend of increasing worksite raids, according to a Midwest Center analysis of federal data and interviews with immigration officials.
Source: Investigate Midwest
Posted on: April 1, 2020
In signing a $50 million contract for a new cloud-based computer system, the state of Iowa sidestepped traditional competitive bidding procedures and chose a company with little state government experience whose lobbyist is Gov. Kim Reynolds' former chief of staff.
Source: Cedar Rapids Gazette
Posted on: February 28, 2020
Some Iowans who work with the state's Department of Natural Resources are concerned about whether or not the department's new leadership has a grip on environmental and natural resources issues, Iowa Capital Dispatch reports.
Source: Iowa Capital Dispatch
Posted on: February 18, 2020
The Iowa Communities Assurance Pool board of directors has made a habit of going to high-grade, out-of-state resorts for meetings, the Associated Press reports. This link takes you to the wire service's web report.
Source: Associated Press
Posted on: September 18, 2019
Congress has included a September 2018 stay by about 40 Iowa National Guard members at Donald Trump's Turnberry resort in its investigation of whether or not Trump benefited from sending troops to the resort overnight during a refueling stop.
Source: Des Moines Register
Posted on: September 12, 2019
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics is having difficulty getting nurses to work beyond their normal work schedules and assignments because the hospital delays payment for that work. The 2017 state law stripping public employee collective bargaining rights is getting a lot of the blame.
Source: The Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA)
Posted on: August 13, 2019
University of Iowa faculty can earn extra cash serving as expert witnesses, and a lot do, even though critics say that might not always be in the state's best interests.
Source: The Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA)
Posted on: July 28, 2019
A toddler who died at an Indianola, Iowa, day care had not been checked for two hours, records show.
Source: Des Moines Register
Posted on: July 28, 2019
A company ordered in court to pay $2.4 million in damages to former employees for sexual harassment in Iowa got off the hook by changing its name.
Source: KCCI-TV (Des Moines)
Posted on: July 13, 2019
Plans to redevelop the old Westdale Mall area in Cedar Rapids aren't coming along as planned. For that matter, a lot of Eastern Iowa malls aren't what they used to be.
Source: The Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA)
Posted on: June 2, 2019