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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.
Gov. Chet Culver taped his interview on Iowa Press this morning, and Radio Iowa’s Kay Henderson has a nice wrap-up of what he said.
In addition to defending his plan to cut the state’s budget in light of economic woes, Culver confirmed he would likely run for reelection in 2010, he begged off a question about Postville, and he agreed with the idea of raising the compulsory school attendance age to 18.
The program airs tonight at 7:30 and again on Sunday morning at 11:30.
Update: The Register’s Jason Clayworth emphasizes a different part of Culver’s interview, in which he said that the state should consider taking on debt. I wasn’t there, but it sounds like that’s probably the big story based on what Culver said.
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