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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.
With no declared opponent for 2008, 3rd District Congressman Leonard Boswell raised more than $242,000 in the second quarter of 2007 and now has more than $500,000 in the bank for his re-election effort in 2008. The Iowa Democratic Party released the news today in a press release. IDP Chairman Scott Brennan said, “Iowans and [...]
New York Sen. Hillary Clinton’s campaign for president announced today that the senator had received endorsements from 14 Democratic state legislators, making her the candidate with more endorsements than any other rivals in her party. Those endorsing Clinton: Sen. Staci Appel of Ackworth Sen. Dennis Black of Grinnell Sen. Dick Dearden of Des Moines Sen. [...]
On Tuesday Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin’s campaign rolled out a new re-election website fit for the 21st century campaign environment at TomHarkin.com. Included on the site include numerous links to social networking utilities like YouTube, Facebook and MySpace as well as newer features like Veoh and Eventful. On a conference call with bloggers yesterday Harkin [...]
Voters in Polk, Dallas and Warren counties loudly said no to an initiative that would have raised the local sales tax from six cents on every dollar to seven cents on every dollar. Of the many communities and unincorporated regions in the tri-county region only two communities approved the sales tax increase. Overall only 15 [...]
With 146 of 148 precincts in the critical 8-city contiguous region of Polk County reporting results it appears that Project Destiny is headed for defeat. Those voting “No” outnumber those voting “Yes” by a substantial margin, with 85 percent saying no and 15 percent saying yes. The actual voting numbers were 6678 in favor and [...]
Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin said during a conference call with bloggers and other media that he would support an amendment to the Defense Authorization bill before the U.S. Senate this week that would require immediate redeployment of U.S. troops from Iraq within 120 days and virtually all troops being redeployed by March 31, 2008. The [...]
The polls opened in Polk, Dallas and Warren counties Tuesday morning for residents to vote on a proposed local-option 1 percent sales tax increase that would boost funding for cultural amenities and trails while lowering property taxes in the tri-county region. The plan, known as Project Destiny, was created by business leaders and local officials [...]
UPDATE (9:00 PM CDT): Alex Koppelman over at Salon’s War Room reports that Sara Taylor will at least show up to a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Wednesday. It isn’t clear whether she will testify or invoke her Fifth Amendment privilege. It is not clear whether Miers will appear before the House Judiciary Committee on [...]
During a campaign stop at Capitol Hill in Des Moines, Delaware Sen. Joe Biden received the endorsement of three prominent Iowa legislators in his campaign for the Democratic nomination for the presidency. Reps. Lisa Heddens and Mike Reasoner, both assistant majority leaders in the Iowa House, along with Rep. Dick Taylor announced their support for [...]
[Commentary] After witnessing New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson at a few campaign stops (and hearing a variety of stump speeches), as well as interviewing him twice in the past, it seems clear to me that there is a distinct difference between Richardson “the candidate” and Richardson “the resum
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