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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.
U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin — likely the for-profit college industry’s biggest foe in Congress — took $1,000 from DeVry Inc., which owns eight colleges in the U.S.
Iowa’s public universities have paid more than $460,000 to employees on administrative leave, but some details about those leaves — even including the salaries of some of those employees — are being withheld from the public.
Incoming Gov. Terry Branstad told a crowd in Eastern Iowa this week that he’s still undecided on whether to go ahead with plans to build a high-speed rail between Iowa City and Chicago.
The for-profit college industry boosted its lobbying efforts this year in response to moves by U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, to increase regulation on the institutions.
Census figures released this week confirmed Iowa is one of 10 states that will lose a congressional seat before the 2012 elections, and there has been no shortage of opinion on the news.
Research on various state budgeting practices shows there are no clear benefits to designing a two-year budget over a one-year budget.
University of Iowa students plan to push Gov.-elect Terry Branstad to protect higher education funding in next year’s budget. The student body’s governmental relations liason sent out an e-mail to students last week, urging them to make contact with the incoming administration or their local lawmakers.
Despite national support for a repeal, it’s not clear the likely 2010 caucus contender’s position will be received well by Republicans in Iowa.
Individuals have a better standing to challenge the individual mandate, an oft-criticized measure of the legislation.
Three employees at the Iowa Alcoholic Beverages Division allegedly used state funds to purchase trailers as their personal residences. That charge is just the latest in a string of allegations of ethical and legal violations at the Alcoholic Beverages Division. While politicians have debated how to fund reconstruction of the dam at Lake Delhi, some [...]
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