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posted on October 23, 2008 at 3:30 PM

"The Iowa Journal" takes a look at the issues facing the state's 1st congressional district. This district is comprised of 12 counties.
The district is often called the John Deere district and Deere and Company has operations in the biggest cities of the district, Davenport, Dubuque and Waterloo.
posted on October 23, 2008 at 1:32 PM

"The Iowa Journal" takes a look at the issues facing the state's 1st congressional district. This district is comprised of 12 counties.
The district is often called the John Deere district and Deere and Company has operations in the biggest cities of the district, Davenport, Dubuque and Waterloo.
posted on October 10, 2008 at 1:52 PM

"The Iowa Journal" takes a look at the issues facing the state's 4th congressional district. The Iowa Journal speaks with Trent Rice, KASI Radio News Director from Ames, and Dr. John Epperson, Political Science Professor from Simpson College, in Indianola, to find out what might be major motivations for the voters and citizens this year.
posted on October 8, 2008 at 2:12 PM

"The Iowa Journal" takes a look at the issues facing the state's 4th congressional district. This district is comprised of 28 counties.
Geographically, it looks like a sideways stocking, with the toe encompassing Indianola and Winterset, the heel in north-central Iowa including Mason City and Estherville, and the ankle about two counties wide on the north eastern Iowa tier reaching to the Mississippi River.
posted on October 3, 2008 at 12:05 PM

A profile of Iowa's 2th Congressional District.
posted on October 3, 2008 at 11:25 AM
Associated Press reporter David Pitt discusses the state of the national economy and how it affects Iowa businesses, 401 K funds, and future retirement plans.
posted on October 3, 2008 at 11:23 AM

In the studio to talk about the district and the campaign for 2nd district Representative, are two political reporters: James Lynch of the Cedar Rapids Gazette and Matt Milner of the Ottumwa Courier.
posted on June 6, 2008 at 2:30 PM

Iowa needs workers, and immigrants want to fill that need. This episode examines the ways the state can encourage legal methods of importing the estimated 300,000 people needed to continue business as usual.
posted on June 6, 2008 at 2:12 PM

Iowa needs workers, and immigrants want to fill that need. This episode examines the ways the state can encourage legal methods of importing the estimated 300,000 people needed to continue business as usual.
posted on June 6, 2008 at 1:58 PM
Kay Henderson of Radio Iowa, and Ken Larson of the Marshalltown Times-Republican update host Paul Yeager on Iowa's recent headlines. Topics include news in the CIETC trial, flooding in Iowa, and comparisons between the immigration raids in Postville and Marshalltown.
posted on May 19, 2008 at 5:23 PM
Associated Press reporter David Pitt joins host Paul Yeager for an analysis of headline news affecting Iowans: Sen. Barack Obama's visit to Iowa.
posted on May 15, 2008 at 3:19 PM

Host Jeneane Beck and Kay Henderson, of Radio Iowa, discuss about the aftermath of the immigration-related raid at the Agriprocessor meat processing plant in Postville.
posted on May 13, 2008 at 10:54 AM
David Pitt of the Associated Press shares his insights on Monday morning's immigration raids at Agriprocessors, Inc. meat processing facility in Postville.
posted on December 18, 2007 at 9:42 AM
For the nearly 30,000 residents of Marshalltown, IA, December 12, 2006, was the day their town made national headlines for all the wrong reasons. While proponents of stronger immigration policies are heartened by the rollback of illegal entries, the human and community impact of last year’s raids in Iowa endures.
posted on December 17, 2007 at 6:01 PM
Jeneane Beck of Iowa Public Radio and Ken Larson of the Marshalltown Times-Republican discuss the one-year anniversary of the Swift raids and the latest developments in the 2008 presidential campaign.
posted on December 17, 2007 at 6:01 PM

Iowa House Minority Leader Chris Rants and Sister Christine Feagan of Hispanic Ministries discuss the state of immigration in Iowa one year after the Swift raids in Marshalltown.
posted on April 19, 2007 at 12:00 AM

There are currently seven million undocumented workers in the U.S. Their impact is economic, political and cultural.
posted on April 19, 2007 at 12:00 AM

An extended interview with noted Iowa State University economist Neil Harl on the economic impact of immigration.
posted on April 19, 2007 at 12:00 AM

Despite the costs of assimilating immigrants, many Iowa communities seem to be not only coping but in fact seem to be prospering. Storm Lake is a case in point.
posted on April 19, 2007 at 12:00 AM

With the current U.S. unemployment rate at 4.5 percent, a six-year low, the demands on the U.S. labor market far exceed the various quotas allotted for legal immigration. The complaint is that the legal immigration system is unwieldy, expensive, and fails to recognize the economic forces that are at play.
posted on April 19, 2007 at 12:00 AM

In this extended interview, Chief of Police Mark Prosser discusses how immigration has impacted the town of Storm Lake, Iowa.