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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.
Pending confirmation by the Iowa Senate, the Iowa state Board of Regents will see a new face on its governing body. Gov. Chet Culver announced his appointment of Greta Johnson of LeMars to the State Board of Regents Monday.
“Greta is a dedicated public servant, and an outstanding student,” Culver said in a statement. “She is a great representative of Iowa’s young people, and I look forward to working with her as the newest member of the Iowa Board of Regents.”
Johnson is a junior at Iowa State University, majoring in Political Science. Her previous experience includes service as a page in the Iowa Legislature, leadership roles at Iowa State University, and working as an intern in the Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics, where she organized a caucus education workshop.
“On behalf of the Board of Regents, I would like to congratulate Greta Johnson, Regents’ President David Miles said in a statement. “We are very pleased to welcome Greta Johnson as the newest member of the Board of Regents.”
Johnson’s term will begin immediately. The student member’s term expires one year from graduation, unless the member re-enrolls in an Iowa Regent Institution within that one year period.
The Iowa Board of Regents is a nine person board that governs and coordinates the activities Iowa’s three public universities, the Iowa School for the Deaf, and the Iowa Braille and Sight Saving School.
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