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A recently introduced bill could have far-reaching impact on the U.S. sugar industry, including American Crystal Sugar, a farmer-owned cooperative that locked out 1,300 Midwest workers on Aug. 1.
The chairman for Herman Cain’s Iowa effort says the campaign “relied more on the word of farmers than Washington regulators” in deciding to run an ad containing claims the Environmental Protection Agency says are false.
The Iowa Senate will remain under the control of a slim 26-25 Democratic majority when it reconvenes in January 2012.
Students would be required to attend school until they are 17 under a bill passed by the House Education Committee Monday.
By a 12-10 vote, the committe approved House File 40, a bill that raises the compuslary school attendance age from 16 to 17. It also encourages students who intend to drop out to file a formal declaration and participate in an exit interview.
Critics say raising the drop out age could allow one student who is not interested in being in class to undermine their fellow classmates. Rep. Mike May, R-Spirit Lake, offered an amendment that would have allowed districts to determine if some students should be allowed to leave school at 16. The amendment was defeated.
The bill now goes to the full House.
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