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Low-income Iowans await this month's food assistance payments
Iowans who rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, are awaiting relief. Later, we hear about a new podcast from ISU Extension.
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Can AI stop, or even prevent, abuse?
University of Iowa scholars are developing an AI system that monitors behavior to detect physical violence as it happens.
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Food assistance at risk for 130,000 Iowa households amid shutdown
Iowa families could soon face major food insecurity as the federal shutdown threatens SNAP benefits for more than 130,000 low-income households. Food…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
An effort to save Iowa's water quality tracking system
After state funding cuts, a network of 60 sensors tracking pollution across Iowa will go dark next summer without new funding. Also, how a hurricane …
3 months, 3 weeks ago
What rising trade tensions mean for Iowa farmers
Farmers are hoping for relief as President Donald Trump visits Asia to resolve a trade war over tariffs and what's at stake for next week's local ele…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
AI makes surveillance cameras more powerful — what are your rights when you're being watched?
IPR's James Kelley shares his investigation into Flock surveillance cameras. Then, legal scholar Megan Graham on the legal limits of surveillance.
3 months, 4 weeks ago
Judge pens book about the murderer in his hometown, 'A Monster in Mount Pleasant'
An Iowa federal judge reckons with the murders that rocked his hometown and changed the course of his life.
3 months, 4 weeks ago
The government shutdown is straining weather services
State Climatologist Justin Glisan shares how he and other state climatologists are helping cover National Weather Service functions amid the governme…
4 months ago
Bret Stephens on being the 'conservative wing of the liberal church'
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Bret Stephens is known for his willingness to challenge both the left and the right.
4 months ago
Iowans gather at No Kings protest as shutdown drags on
Analysts discuss the top political stories of the week, including Gov. Reynolds' DOGE task force report, the Gaza ceasefire and more.
4 months ago