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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 Nielsen Co. reported Monday that Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has placed more television ads than any other two presidential candidates combined. Various media outlets reported the news last week that Romney had run more than 10,000 TV ads from January to October. But equally surprising is the fact that former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson comes in second in the list with 5,975 ads. U.S. Sen. Barack Obama, an Illinois Democrat, was third with 4,293 ads.
Click below to read more Media Notes.Among other findings of Nielsen’s presidential data:
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