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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.
Republican Terry Branstad‘s campaign has released a web ad thrashing Gov. Chet Culver‘s I-JOBS program. The ad points out the state has seen thousands of new unemployed since the Culver’s program began and claims the project hasn’t produced any jobs.
A swollen Maquoketa River and a dam breach at Lake Delhi has flooded homes and businesses in Eastern Iowa. Officials expect the water in most places to recede bellow flood level sometime this week.
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is pouring almost $30 million into vulnerable Democrats’ campaigns. The list of candidates includes U.S. Rep. Leonard Boswell, who faces a challenge from Republican Brad Zaun in the 3rd district.
Despite predictions that Republicans will grab statehouse seats in November, many Republicans in battleground districts posted tiny fund raising totals last week.
New home sales across the country are up more than 20 percent from last month, but still lag behind sales from the same time last year.
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