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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.
Sen. Barack Obama’s presidential campaign will send former Gov. Tom Vilsack to Minnesota this weekend. Vilsack will speak at AFSCME’s state convention in Minneapolis, and he will travel outside the Twin Cities to other parts of the state for smaller campaign events.
Meanwhile, the Obama campaign will deploy two Iowa-born celebrities to college campuses around the Hawkeye state Friday and Saturday. Superman Returns star Brandon Routh, who grew up in Norwalk, IA, and tabloid favorite Ashton Kutcher, originally from Cedar Rapids, will promote early voting. Kutcher will be joined by his wife, Striptease star Demi Moore.
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