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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.
New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson might be able to claim entry into the top-tier of Democratic presidential candidates if the results of internal campaign poll on Iowa caucus support are confirmed by outside pollsters. In an email to supporters Monday, Richardson campaign pollster Mark Raslin wrote: “The Governor [Richardson] has rocketed up 10% among likely [...]
[Commentary] Fred Thompson is energizing conservatives in a unique way. It almost seems that by taking a non-traditional approach to declaring his candidacy he has developed a niche campaign position that sets him aside from those who have officially declared or are still in the exploratory stages. A recent Rasmussen Poll found Thompson leading all [...]
Friday night in Des Moines, amidst a severe thunderstorm pounding down on the metro area, New Mexico Governor and Democratic presidential candidate Bill Richardson celebrated the grand opening of his Iowa headquarters. In a campaign event simulcast live in Davenport, Waterloo, Council Bluffs and Cedar Rapids, Richardson highlighted his plans for his first six days [...]
Illinois Sen. Barack Obama’s campaign picked up an endorsement from a second state legislator today, with the announcement that Cedar Rapids Rep. Tyler Olson would be supporting his campaign. “I’m supporting Senator Obama because he has the judgment and experience to lead America and change the divisive politics in Washington, DC,” said Olson in a [...]
A new Mason-Dixon poll released Tuesday shows the top-three Democratic contenders are in a close race in Iowa, with a surprising 27 percent of voters declaring themselves “undecided” nearly seven months before the nation’s first presidential caucus. On the Republican side, Arizona Sen. John McCain seems to be tanking, with just 6 percent of Republican [...]
The state of Iowa is taking in a lot of money these days. Last week, the Legislative Services Agency released a report detailing the total net tax receipts as of May 31. Since last year at this time, the state’s net revenue is nearly $6.2 billion, an increase of $335 million or 5.7 percent. The [...]
Republican presidential candidates Tommy Thompson and Mike Huckabee confirmed Wednesday that they plan to compete in the Iowa GOP’s August Straw Poll, held in Ames. Thompson, a former governor of Wisconsin, announced his intention in a conference call with reporters. Early speculation had been that the former U.S. secretary of Health and Human Services would [...]
Former Wisconsin Gov. Tommy Thompson’s presidential campaign says it will have a major announcement to make this afternoon at 2 p.m. (CST), according to Marc Ambinder. He doesn’t speculate as to the substance of the announcement. Dave Price here in Des Moines says he’s expected to announce that he will compete in the Iowa GOP’s [...]
Elizabeth Edwards, wife of Democratic Presidential candidate John Edwards, helped open his Waterloo headquarters today while at the same time the campaign announced its list of 99 county chairs for their caucus campaign. Dan Leistikow, campaign spokesperson, said in a release that the announcement of 99 county chairs is the first from any candidate — [...]
[Commentary] Now that Republican presidential front-runners John McCain and Rudy Giuliani have said they’ll skip the Aug. 11 Iowa GOP Straw Poll, the party’s top fund-raising and early-testing event for the January Caucuses, the big question is what’s next? Iowa GOP officials still expect the Straw Poll to be well-attended, particularly since folks like former [...]
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