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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.
Tea party members in Monday’s debate audience veered between euphoric approval and brutal disdain of the 2012 Republican presidential candidates battling for their support onstage.
A conservative PAC aligned with U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann’s presidential bid is advocating against the nomination of Texas Gov. Rick Perry on immigration in a series of South Carolina ads.
A majority of people imprisoned by the federal government for felonies in 2011 have been Hispanic, according to a report by the U.S. Sentencing Commission.
Steve King, a co-host of a South Carolina 2012 forum, quizzed 2012 GOP hopefuls on their immigration views, trying to determine if the candidates were ready to move from an existing family-based system to one focused on economic issues.
The Republican Governors Public Policy Committee released a report a Medicaid outlining cost-saving measures that include a proposal for the federal government to pay for the medical care of undocumented immigrants.
A poll, released just days after the U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced changes to its deportation proceedings, indicates that a majority of likely voters still favor border security.
Immigrant rights organization are hosting in a national day of action in six U.S. cities Tuesday to deliver a report that documents what they see as Secure Communities abuses. They are demanding the Obama administration terminate the immigration enforcement program immediately.
AMES — Tensions reached their apex Thursday night during the presidential debate, sending Republican enthusiasm through the roof with less than 48 hours until the Ames Straw Poll gates open Saturday.
Follow along and join the conversation as reporter Meghan Malloy live tweets from the Iowa GOP debate in Ames. Add #GOPdebate to your tweet to join the conversation.
Wealth disparity between white households and black and Hispanic households reached staggering and unprecedented proportions after the housing market meltdown and subsequent recession, according to a new report that analyzed Census data from 1984 to 2009.
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