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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.
Another banner supporting the occupy movement appeared over Interstate 235 near downtown Des Moines on Monday morning, at least the third of such “banner drops” seen in the last month over the major thoroughfare.
Tom Harkin and Bruce Braley are calling for a small tax on certain types of trading, hoping to shift Wall Street away from short-term and speculative trading.
DES MOINES — Newt Gingrich stole the spotlight at the Republican Party of Iowa’s Reagan Dinner with a unique strategy that drew the most applause from the audience.
DES MOINES — More than 70 people answered the call of Occupy Iowa and an independent grassroots movement Saturday morning to march roughly two miles in protest of two national banks along Ingersoll Avenue.
Iowa Senate District 18 Democratic candidate Liz Mathis raked in $64,306 between Oct. 15 and Nov. 1 and took in-kind contributions worth $269,898, outraising Republican Cindy Golding.
Rick Santorum took a special exception to the judicial branch during a policy speech Friday in Urbandale, and advocated for the elimination of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals and amending the U.S. Constitution to overturn Roe and ban gay marriage.
One of the members of Occupy Des Moines thinks there’s a good chance occupiers from around the country will descend on Iowa in the coming weeks to demonstrate at presidential candidates’ offices.
URBANDALE — If elected as president, Rick Santorum pledged Friday to implement many social conservative policies and roll-back changes that such Americans find objectionable.
During a brief exchange in Washington, D.C. Thursday, U.S. Rep. Steve King gave his opinion of news that GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain was previously accused of sexual harassment.
DENVER — Filmmaker and liberal activist Micheal Moore told a crowd at the University of Colorado Thursday that there is only one reason politicians around the county are introducing bills and otherwise taking steps to reduce the number of people who vote.
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