• Subscribe
  • How to donate
  • Illinois
  • Iowa
  • Region
    • Oklahoma
    • A Changing Basin
  • National
  • Datasets and Documents
    • Farmworker Housing
  • Send us a tip securely
  • About Us
    • Editorial Standards
    • Pitch us
    • Our Awards
    • Job openings
  • About Investigate Midwest
  • Editorial Standards
  • Board of Directors
  • User Agreement and Privacy Policy
  • Donor Transparency
  • Contact Us
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • RSS
Skip to content
  • About Investigate Midwest
  • Editorial Standards
  • Board of Directors
  • User Agreement and Privacy Policy
  • Donor Transparency
  • Contact Us
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • RSS
Investigate Midwest

Investigate Midwest

  • Subscribe
  • How to donate
  • Illinois
  • Iowa
  • Region
    • Oklahoma
    • A Changing Basin
  • National
  • Datasets and Documents
    • Farmworker Housing
  • Send us a tip securely
  • About Us
    • Editorial Standards
    • Pitch us
    • Our Awards
    • Job openings

Tag: Good Jobs First

Contaminants from the coal ash ponds are currently entering the Middle Fork through several discolored seeps on the riverbank. The Illinois EPA has issued to Dynegy two violation notices: one in 2012 for polluting the groundwater and another in 2018 for contaminating the Middle Fork
Posted inGraphic of the Week

GRAPHIC: Fines for environmental violations dropped during Trump administration

by Ignacio Calderon, USA TODAY Network Agriculture Data Fellow, Investigate Midwest February 18, 2021July 6, 2023 Why you can trust Investigate Midwest

Fines have ebbed and flowed over the years, but there was a drop off in the past four years.

Posted inOpinion

Opinion: Time for Tyson to be up front in chicken marketing

Avatar photo by Dave Dickey, Columnist September 26, 2019July 5, 2023 Why you can trust Investigate Midwest
Posted inEnergy

Federal tax credits drive foreign wind investment

Avatar photo by Johnathan Hettinger, Investigate Midwest December 4, 2017January 23, 2023 Why you can trust Investigate Midwest
Posted inBusiness & Consumer Affairs, Government & Politics, IowaWatch

Agribusiness Companies Capitalize On Tax Breaks, Grants, Subsidies and Loans

by Robert Holly/Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting May 13, 2015January 23, 2023 Why you can trust Investigate Midwest

Latest News

Who’s Buying Nebraska? After shopping spree, Mormon church is top land purchaser
Region

Who’s Buying Nebraska? After shopping spree, Mormon church is top land purchaser

November 27, 2023November 27, 2023
A Kansas City farm school shows how the Farm Bill is helping develop urban ag
Region

A Kansas City farm school shows how the Farm Bill is helping develop urban ag

November 27, 2023November 30, 2023
Investigate Midwest event in Iowa City draws intimate crowd
Investigate Midwest News

Investigate Midwest event in Iowa City draws intimate crowd

November 22, 2023November 27, 2023
Who’s Buying Nebraska? Corporations, investors grabbing giant chunks of Nebraska farmland
Region

Who’s Buying Nebraska? Corporations, investors grabbing giant chunks of Nebraska farmland

November 20, 2023November 27, 2023

About Us

Investigate Midwest is an independent, nonprofit newsroom. Our mission is to serve the public interest by exposing dangerous and costly practices of influential agricultural corporations and institutions through in-depth and data-driven investigative journalism. Learn More »

THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS

Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute, Fund for Investigative Journalism, Gary Marx Journalism Fund, Arnold Ventures, Kirkpatrick Foundation, Lumpkin Family Foundation, Pulitzer Center for Crisis Reporting, Builders Initiative

MEMBER OF

About Us

Investigate Midwest is an independent, nonprofit newsroom. Our mission is to serve the public interest by exposing dangerous and costly practices of influential agricultural corporations and institutions through in-depth and data-driven investigative journalism.

Quick Links

  • About Investigate Midwest
  • Contact Us
  • Support Investigate Midwest
© 2023 Investigate Midwest. Proudly powered by Newspack by Automattic
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • RSS