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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.
Iowa ranked 50th among states in amount of credit card debt, according to analysis by a credit and information management company in Chicago. The company, called TransUnion, found that Iowans carried just $4,300 worth of credit card debt in the third quarter of 2008, compared to $5,300 for the average American.
Gov. Chet Culver Monday officially issued the executive order cutting 1.5 percent from the state budget. Culver announced last week that in response to an estimated $99.5 million dip in state revenues for FY2009 he would order an across-the-board budget cut that would total $91.4 million. This was in addition to $77 million in cuts [...]
Two seasoned party leaders are front-runners for the chairmanship of the Republican Party of Iowa, insiders say, but most believe the race is far from over.
Under a Health and Human Services rule unveiled this week, health-industry employees can walk away from any kind of patient care on the basis of a moral objection. If the health-care provider does not respect that individual’s decision, the government can remove the provider’s federal funding.
Former Dallas County Sheriff Brian Gilbert had to resign and faced corruption charges about two years ago, but he is back in the news after allegedly making death threats against two Iowans.
Iowa is one of eight states that will lose a Congressional seat in 2010, according to analysis of U.S. Census estimates by USA Today. The Hawkeye State joins Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Ohio and Pennsylvania in the unenviable category of states likely to be on the losing end of reapportionment. However, the [...]
The selection of former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack as U.S. Secretary of Agriculture was more political pay back to the Hawkeye State than smart policy, according to an editorial by the Fort Dodge Messenger. The Messenger, which endorsed John McCain, calls the move a “thank you” to Iowa for helping get Barack Obama elected president [...]
The news that former Gov. Tom Vilsack will serve as President-elect Barack Obama’s Secretary of Agriculture has left political insiders with one fewer interesting hypothetical going into the 2010 campaign cycle. Vilsack was seen as the Democrats’ strongest challenger to Sen. Chuck Grassley, a seemingly unbeatable Republican incumbent. Though Vilsack’s appointment does not completely preclude [...]
Gov. Chet Culver taped his interview on Iowa Press this morning, and Radio Iowa’s Kay Henderson has a nice wrap-up of what he said. In addition to defending his plan to cut the state’s budget in light of economic woes, Culver confirmed he would likely run for reelection in 2010, he begged off a question [...]
The across-the-board budget cuts proposed by Gov. Chet Culver has “short-changed Iowa’s school children and relegated us to more years of fighting for what we are worth,” the union representing Iowa’s teachers said today. Chris Bern, president of the Iowa State Education Association, said the cuts impact all programs equally without taking into consideration priorities [...]
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