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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.
Republican gubernatorial candidate Terry Branstad says Gov. Chet Culver has poor crisis management skills. Culver believes Branstad is “dishonest, hypocritical [and] cowardly.”
The Iowa Republican blog says their latest poll proves Branstad would defeat Culver even if Bob Vander Plaats ran as a third-party candidate.
Jonathan Narcisse has officially joined the gubernatorial campaign, filing as a member of the Iowa Party. The only other member of the party running so far this year is conservative state Senate District 45 candidate Douglas Philips.
Cedar Rapids Gazette columnist Todd Dorman doesn’t buy the latest theory on how lawmakers can get around the Iowa Supreme Court’s ruling legalizing same-sex marriage.
Matt Schultz, GOP candidate for secretary of state, failed to all of his campaign debts, resulting in a formal complaint being filed with the Iowa Ethics and Campaign Disclosure Board.
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