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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.
Democratic lawmakers are defending four colleagues and a labor leader who have brought a lawsuit against Gov. Terry Branstad, claiming he overstepped his executive power when he vetoed language to shut down 36 Iowa Workforce Development field offices.
Republican presidential candidate Fred Karger has yet to be included in any debate, but he isn’t giving up.
Gov. Terry Branstad is denying allegations, brought in a lawsuit by a state labor leader and several Democratic lawmakers, that he violated the Iowa Constitution when he issued a line-item veto to shut down about two-thirds of the state’s Iowa Workforce Development field offices.
U.S. Rep. Bruce Braley admonished congressional Republicans for support of a payroll tax increase that Braley says will be a gut-punch to low-income and middle class families.
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney has added four new members to his Iowa leadership team that represent all three sections of the state.
Half a year into Gov. Terry Branstad’s fifth term in Terrace Hill, Democratic skepticism continues to mount over the executive’s goal of creating 200,000 new jobs in the state during the next four-and-a-half years, especially as the doors begin to close at Iowa Workforce Development filed offices.
Gov. Terry Branstad and Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds will continue their “Jobs for Iowa” tour through western portions of the state, hitting 12 communities Tuesday through Thursday of next week.
In the wake of rural economic development small business growth initiatives put forth by President Barack Obama, Iowa Democratic lawmakers said they’re ready to continue to fight to keep Iowa Workforce Development field offices open.
In spite of a line-item veto that will shut down 36 IWD field offices and a failed attempt at a special session, Iowa Democrats say they are optimistic about the future of economic development in rural Iowa in the wake of new initiatives rolled out by the Obama administration.
Fred Karger, who was denied an opportunity to participate in last week’s GOP presidential debate by Fox News, will hand-deliver a federal complaint to the network’s New York headquarters on Thursday.
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