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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.
WILTON — Quad Cities attorney John Archer kept his focus on his Democratic challenger and the economy during a recent GOP fundraiser, indicating that social issues should take a back seat the nation’s financial security at this time.
Occupy Des Moines has done two “banner drops” on bridges across Interstate 235 in Des Moines, a person close to the group says, and plans to do more.
Barack Obama’s 2012 campaign has a new senior advisor — a former lobbyist for the company pushing the Keystone XL pipeline, who also lobbied for Comcast throughout the period the media conglomerate was seeking approval for its merger with NBC-Universal.
Ethanol production in the United States may contribute to shrinking food stocks and rising food prices, experts warn. Following the food crisis of 2008, experts say the increasing dedication of crops to fuel may lead to future malnutrition and starvation around the globe.
Crossroads GPS, a conservative policy and advocacy organization based in Washington, D.C., is targeting Iowa voters with TV ads in the state’s largest media market.
Lisa Jackson, administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, has a few things to say to Republicans hoping to curtail or eliminate the agency and citizens observing the political spectacle. Americans, she said, must once again stand up for their right to clean air and water.
Republican presidential hopefuls attacked the Environmental Protection Agency during a social conservative event in Iowa over the weekend, and said the U.S. should allow for more production of energy domestically, have fewer regulations and end a moratorium on deepwater oil drilling.
Newt Gingrich seemed to steak the show Saturday night at a presidential forum hosted by the Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition, focusing mostly on economics as several other GOP hopefuls tried to convince social conservatives they have the strongest stances against abortion and marriage.
Two dozen Occupy Des Moines protesters are seeking a jury trial for charges of trespassing at the State Capitol grounds on Oct. 10, their lawyer says, while five have pleaded guilty.
About 100 supporters of the Occupy Des Moines movement gathered outside the Polk County Courthouse Wednesday morning in advance of an appearance before a judge for trespassing charges.
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