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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. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) will be the keynote speaker at the Republican Party of Iowa’s annual “Night of the Rising Stars” fundraiser April 2 at Hoyt Sherman Place in Des Moines.
The public will get the opportunity to sound off Monday on legislation proposed by Republicans that would weaken collective bargaining rights for Iowa’s public employees.
The Iowa Senate Human Resources Committee advanced a bill Tuesday that would cap the interest rates payday lenders can charge at 36 percent – the same maximum banks and credit unions are allowed to charge.
Gov. Terry Branstad’s plan to end a state-funded universal preschool program and replace it with a voucher system will go before a House subcommittee Monday morning.
If a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage were placed on the ballot, it would lose by three percentage points, according to a Des Moines Register Iowa Poll released Sunday.
Gov. Terry Branstad named three new members to the Iowa Board of Regents Friday, among them a businessman who gave more than $160,000 to his campaign in 2010.
Legislation that would cap interest rates on payday loans at 36 percent was passed by an Iowa Senate subcommittee Thursday, opening the door for a full committee hearing as early as next week.
Preliminary groundwater tests at a former quarry used as a coal ash dump by the state’s largest universities has found contaminant levels well below state and federal standards, according to a report released by the schools.
An Iowa House subcommittee will debate legislation Monday making several changes to Iowa’s open records and public meetings laws, including the creation of an independent board to enforce open information laws when citizens believe government agencies are non-compliant.
A glance at headlines from around the state and nation.
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