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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.
The symbolic vote by the Sioux City Council opposing same-sex marriage is “divisive, demeaning, and shameful,” the state’s largest LGBT advocacy organization said Tuesday.
Carolyn Jenison, the executive director One Iowa, said the resolution singles out gays and lesbians for unequal treatment.
“It’s disheartening to see council members pushing such a mean-spirited resolution, when most Iowans want their leaders to focus on the issues we all face. I can’t understand how, in the midst of economic turmoil, the council can spend their time finding ways to divide us,” Jenison said.
Sioux City Councilman Jim Rixner, who voted against the resolution, told the Sioux City Journal that while the vote carries no weight it does open a divisive discussion in the community.
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