Jonathan Ahl
Jonathan Ahl joined Iowa Public Radio as News Director in July 2008. He leads the news and talk show teams in field reporting, feature reporting, audio documentaries, and talk show content. With more than 17 years in public media, Jonathan is a nationally award-winning reporter that has worked at public radio stations in Macomb, Springfield and Peoria, IL. He served WCBU-FM in Peoria as news director before coming to Iowa. He also served as a part-time instructor at Bradley University teaching journalism and writing courses. Jonathan is currently serving a second term as president of PRNDI ââ
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The consensus of agricultural economists is that crop prices, especially for corn, soybeans and cotton, will go down this year. The cost of farming is also expected to go down but not as much. -
Lawmakers convene on Wednesday for the annual veto session, where they will have the opportunity to override any of the vetoes issued by Gov. Mike Parson this year.
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Increased limits on a loan program for new farmers and expanded tax credits for small farmers could help producers as inflation continues, but more could be taking advantage of the opportunities.
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A $2 million grant will provide software for 26 rural school districts around the state to use software to look for signs of trouble to help prevent school violence.
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Jinling Liu will analyze a mountain of data looking for a genome responsible for hypertension, which could lead to a better and more personalized approach to preventing and treating the disease.
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The Great War depleted the states’ National Guard troops, sending them overseas. Missouri was one of the states that backfilled the domestic duties with unpaid volunteers.
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A report tracking small cities that aren’t part of metropolitan areas shows Rolla and Hannibal did much better economically than the national average.
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Farm implement manufacturers, including giant John Deere, are well on their way to deploying autonomous tractors. Prototypes are in the field now, and they could be widely available by the end of the decade.
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A school known best for engineering is taking on programs designed to inject more arts and humanities into the school, hoping a culture of creativity will benefit the entire university community.
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The legislation decreases the top rate to just under 5% and sets the stage for further reductions. The cut was one of the goals of the special session Parson called.
