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Zieman is first political casualty of Postville

If immigration issues were a political football in this year’s state legislative races, then Senate District 8, an area that encompasses Howard, Chickasaw, Allamakee and Winneshiek counties in northeastern Iowa and includes the Agriprocessors meatpacking plant, was the 50-yard line.


Corporations aim to influence state legislative races

Two of Iowa’s largest and most influential 527s have been hard at work lately, using loopholes in the law to help spread their messages and advance their political agendas, though most voters may not even know the groups exist.