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Fixing Iowa's Sewage Pollution Problems in Rivers and Streams (#158)

posted on May 6, 2008 at 3:03 PM

The Iowa Journal visits Boone and Sheldahl, two communities facing fines until they moved forward with costly upgrades of their underground municipal and industrial wastewater treatment facilities. 04:54 Read More »

Swift: One Year Later (#121)

posted on December 18, 2007 at 9:42 AM

Full Program: 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... 27:50 Read More »

The State of Immigration (Full Program) (#107)

posted on April 24, 2007 at 12:00 AM

Full Program: What is immigration’s real impact on the state? In this edition of Assignment Iowa, we hear from those who study it, those who control it, and those who live it, on immigration’s economic, educational and social implications, as well as what... 27:49 Read More »

Rep. Steve King and Max Cardenas Discuss Immigration (#107)

posted on April 24, 2007 at 12:00 AM

What is immigration’s real impact on the state? Guests Max Cardenas and U. S. Representative Steve King discuss the issues. Read More »

Economics of Immigration (#107)

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. Read More »

Neil Harl on the Economic Impact of Immigration (#107)

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. Read More »

Immigration in Storm Lake (#107)

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. Read More »

The Legal Immigration Process (#107)

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,... Read More »

Iowa Youth Respond to 9/11 (#101)

posted on September 11, 2006 at 12:00 AM

Revisit three young Iowans, who were teenagers when the towers fell, and hear their surprisingly eclectic views on a post 9/11 world. 02:05 Read More »

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