Katarina Sostaric
State Government ReporterExpertise: Reporting, writing and producing stories to help IPR listeners and readers understand their state government and how it affects Iowans' lives
Education: University of Missouri
Favorite Iowa Destination: Loess Hills hiking trails
Experience:
- Covered local and statewide government issues, local community issues and other news for IPR, as part of the Alaska public radio network, and KBIA in Columbia, Mo
- Has reported and written features on all branches of Iowa's state government, including continued coverage throughout the duration of each annual legislative session
- Is a multi-award-winning reporter, including a regional Edward R. Murrow and an Iowa Broadcast News Association award for her coverage of abortion rights in Iowa and several Eric Sevareid awards for reporting on Iowa's strict time limit on sexual abuse lawsuits, voting rights, social isolation of nursing home residents during the COVID-19 pandemic and the drop in family planning services
- Regularly appears on Iowa Press on Iowa PBS, where she interviews elected officials
- Has reported and produced features for All Things Considered
- Serves as the secretary of the Iowa Capitol Press Association
- Served as a mentor for NPR’s Next Generation Radio in Iowa
My Favorite Stories
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Iowa's Glenwood Resource Center, which was once home to hundreds of people with disabilities, grabbed national headlines about four years ago when federal investigators found senior staff were conducting harmful human subject experiments and providing poor medical care. It will close on June 30.
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Immigrants and advocates held rallies and marches in four Iowa cities Wednesday evening to protest a law set to take effect July 1 that will allow state and local officials to arrest and deport immigrants who illegally re-entered the country.
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More Iowans with disabilities who work could qualify for government-funded health coverage through Medicaid under a bill in the Iowa House of Representatives. But those who have been pushing for changes say it wouldn’t go far enough to ensure disabled Iowans can continue to receive services if they get a job promotion or get married.
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Iowa’s strict time limit on suing perpetrators of childhood sexual abuse means Iowa victims could see their financial compensation from the Boy Scouts of America reduced by 55 to 70% compared to victims in other states. Sen. Tim Kraayenbrink filed a bill Monday to prevent that from happening.
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A bill advanced Wednesday in the Iowa House of Representatives would limit Iowans’ ability to sue pesticide companies when their products are linked to serious health problems.
My Latest Stories
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Voters in Altoona, part of southern Ankeny, a small northeast part of Des Moines, and some unincorporated areas in between have the choice to elect Republican Rep. Bill Gustoff or Democratic challenger Heather Sievers to represent District 40 in the Iowa House of Representatives.
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Naturalized U.S. citizens sued Iowa’s top election official in federal court Wednesday night to try to stop his plan to challenge voters’ citizenship at the polls if they appear on a flawed, confidential list of more than 2,100 people flagged as possible noncitizens.
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Some Iowans' voter registrations may have been improperly canceled due to mass challenges, ACLU saysSome Iowa voters may have had their voter registrations improperly canceled too close to Election Day, according to the American Civil Liberties Union and the Iowa Secretary of State’s office.
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Iowa Republicans and Democrats running for Congress say they want to crack down on illegal border crossings and work to stop fentanyl from getting into the country, but they talk about the issues in very different ways.
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Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate said Tuesday he referred alleged noncitizens who voted in past elections for criminal prosecution, and he told county auditors to require about 2,000 people who may be citizens to vote a provisional ballot in this election.
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The Iowa Judicial Branch said it is fixing computer programming errors that led to more than $26 million in court debt collections being sent to the wrong funds.
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Voters in Waukee, Adel, Van Meter and parts of West Des Moines and Clive have the choice to elect Democratic Sen. Sarah Trone Garriott or her Republican challenger Mark Hanson to represent Senate District 14 in the Iowa Legislature.
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Iowa’s state revenue is expected to decline by about $1 billion over a two-year period because of major tax cuts signed into law by Gov. Kim Reynolds, according to Iowa’s revenue forecasters who met Thursday.
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House Speaker Pat Grassley and Iowa Department of Management Director Kraig Paulsen wrote to State Auditor Rob Sand urging him to investigate the judicial branch’s misallocation of court debt collections dating back to 2021.
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Early voting in Iowa begins Oct. 16 for the 2024 general election. Here's how to vote early in person and by mail in Iowa.