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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.
Panelists in Des Moines warned that a coordinated attack against the judicial branch is underway in Iowa and across the nation that threatens much more than civil marriage rights.
A report published by two conservative think tanks argues the cognitive ability of teachers is on average lower than private sector workers with similar education backgrounds and, thus, earn more than their fair market value.
Communication and education will likely be key to defending Iowa’s merit selection judicial nominating process and avoiding judges being voted out of office for political reasons in the future, several people familiar with the issue say.
The College and Young Democrats of Iowa are striking back specifically against U.S. Rep. Ron Paul’s assertion that student financial aid is “a failed program,” and more generally against the whole of the Republican 2012 field’s proposed policies that will directly impact young people.
President Obama’s American Jobs Act would mean tax cuts for businesses, an extension of the payroll tax cut, extended unemployment insurance and thousands of jobs in Iowa, according to Obama for America.
Hundreds of Occupy Des Moines demonstrators will march on Terrace Hill on Saturday, part of an international “Robin Hood Tax” day of action. And tonight the group will hold a “We are all Scott Olsen” candlelight vigil, named after an Iraq war veteran seriously injured by police at an Occupy Oakland demonstration earlier this week.
Some of Gov. Terry Branstad’s campaign pledges — to reduce the cost of government by 15 percent, raise family incomes by 25 percent, create 200,000 jobs and have the best schools in the nation — may be mutually exclusive, economists say.
The man who managed former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee’s successful 2008 Iowa Caucuses campaign has signed on to manage Minnesota U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann’s efforts in Iowa.
MARION — If voters in Iowa Senate District 18 were hoping to hear anything new from the candidates, they were likely disappointed when Democrat Liz Mathis and Republican Cindy Golding provided a rare joint appearance at local school Wednesday night.
DENVER — President Obama detailed his plans to use an executive order to ease the burden of student loan debt for millions of Americans during a Wednesday address at the Auraria Higher Education Center.
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