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Reinventing the rural health care system

by Danielle Chiriguayo
Feb 2, 2018
A new report outlines the challenges the health care system in rural communities faces.
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Bills in two states push to eliminate tenure

by Jed Kim
Jan 27, 2017
Missouri's would stop tenure for new hires starting next year. Iowa's would revoke tenure for all professors.
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Jeb Bush spent $2,800 per vote in Iowa and came in 6th

by Kai Ryssdal
Feb 2, 2016
He outspent all the other GOP candidates in Iowa, but only brought in about 5000 votes
Jeb Bush addresses an audience of supporters on January 29, 2016 in Sioux City, Iowa.
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Iowa farm the latest to suffer bird flu's toll

by Annie Baxter
Apr 21, 2015
Up to about 5 million hens will have be euthanized due to the outbreak.
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Outside groups launch ground game in Iowa

by Marketplace Contributor
Oct 28, 2014
In Iowa, in addition to blizzards of TV ads, outside groups are knocking on doors.
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Apps, fancy combines, and big money: The future of farming is now

by Molly Wood
Nov 5, 2013
Farmers in Iowa are using technology to improve their crops -- and their bottom lines.
Ben Albright on his farm in Lytton, Iowa.
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High prices for corn and land shape Iowa economy, landscape

by Stacey Vanek Smith
Oct 9, 2013
How the sky-high price of farmland has reshaped the state.
Iowa Farmer Ben Albright shows off his corn, which is ready for harvest.
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Earlier start dates pit state fairs vs. schools

by Sarah McCammon
Aug 13, 2013
Tourism industry leaders say early school start dates cut into attendance and revenues at state fairs and other summer events.
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Cutting government waste by crunching the numbers

by Sarah McCammon
Jul 29, 2013
What if you could apply the same techniques to government spending that investment advisers use to pick stocks? A Pew-MacArthur report looks at how states are using cost-benefit analysis.
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Corn farmers turn to insecticides again

by Joyce Russell
Jul 23, 2013
Farmers are buying more insecticides this season. That’s because one tenacious pest has developed resistance to a genetically modified corn variety.
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