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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.
If Congress allows all or part of the tax cuts passed during the Bush administration to expire at the end of the year, Iowa will see millions in revenue disappear because of federal deductibility, a part of Iowa code that allows residents to deduct federal taxes paid from their state tax liability.
“How he’s going to balance the budget is exactly how he always used to balance the budget. He’s going to raise taxes. He’s going to raise the sales tax and the gas tax. He did it over and over again when he was governor, and that’s what he’ll do again, because otherwise there is no way he can pay for his proposals,” said Gov. Chet Culver in an interview with The Iowa Independent
Races for Iowa Attorney General and Secretary of Agriculture have already come under new scrutiny in relation to the ongoing investigation into the recall of more than half-a-billion Salmonella-tainted eggs, and candidates vying for repeat performances as Iowa governor are realizing they are not immune to the scandal either.
Property owners in the Northeast Iowa city of Denver who were flooded out in 1999 following the construction of a highway bridge will soon have their day in court. The Iowa Supreme Court ruled Friday that although lower courts had granted the state immunity to the tort claim brought by several property owners, the state [...]
“We want to send the message to our lawmakers. Stop forcing cities to apply band-aids to something you are able to fix,“ said Matthew Covington, a community organizer for Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement.
MARION –Republican gubernatorial candidate Terry Branstad was focused on business and job creation Tuesday when he announced his plans to eliminate the Iowa Department of Economic Development in favor of a public-private partnership, but it remains unclear how such a change would impact Linn County flood victims still plodding through a lengthy federal property buyout process.
The Iowa and Illinois Departments of Transportation will once again ask the federal government for $248 million to establish daily passenger train service between Chicago and Iowa City, Gov. Chet Culver announced Friday. A previous request for federal funds was rejected in January. A decision on the new request will be announced in September.
Iowa lawmakers will be faced with a $32 million hole in the FY2010 budget when they return to Des Moines in January if Congress passes an extension to federal funding the state’s Medicaid program, down from an estimated $121 million shortfall if the legislation fails.
State officials filed charges Wednesday against four inmates currently serving time at the Clarinda Correctional Facility in southwestern Iowa for their role in the assault of another inmate who was found dead June 14. The men — Jeremy John McIntosh, 27; Martin Edward Dahlke, 29; Rolland William Jacobsen, 31; and Richard Jason Martin, 34 — [...]
“One of the things we want to do is stop the policies that really perpetuate growth in government and increasing spending,” GOP lieutenant governor nominee Kim Reynolds said during an interview with The Iowa Independent in Davenport on Tuesday.
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