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A meat processing company with strong ties to Iowa and the Midwest is the subject of a front page investigative report in today’s New York Times.
Beef Products Inc., better known locally by its BPI initials, is taken to task in the report filed by journalist Michael Moss for its use of ammonia to ready otherwise little-used beef trimmings for human consumption. The process, which the company has referred to as “pH enhancement,” was shown by a company-commissioned study and an Iowa State University study to be efficient to kill E. coli and other bacteria that is often present in those specific trimming sections. Continue reading »
Political prognosticator Nate Silver ranked the senate seats up for grabs in 2010, and while U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley is still considered a favorite, Roxanne Conlin’s entrance into the campaign has made things “semi-interesting.”
Silver, who earned his political forecasting stripes during the 2008 presidential campaign, ranked the Iowa race as 16th most likely to change hands out of 38 races. Continue reading »
Iowa Democrats optimistic caucuses will remain first in 2012, but the GOP can still throw a wrench in the works.
Republicans vow bipartisanship during 2010 legislative session, as long as they get their way.
Corps of Engineers assurances on the small likelihood another record flood will hit Cedar Rapids during the next 50 years doesn’t seem to be comforting Cedar Rapids.
250,000 Iowans will lose Sinclair stations at midnight unless a deal can be struck.
Political endorsements don’t carry much value in Iowa, unless they do.
Gov. Culver heading to Tempe, Ariz., for the Insight Bowl, and no doubt he’ll once again be paying his own way.
The Des Moines Register’s Jennifer Jacobs reports Thursday morning about a public hearing on the state’s tentative budget that was missing one important piece: the public.
Apparently, the only public notice for the hearing was tacked up on a bulletin board inside the State Capitol, and the only person who noticed and actually showed up was a nonpartisan capitol staffer. The method used to advertise the meeting does meet the minimum standards under state law, which only calls for the public notice to be tacked up 24 hours in advance. Continue reading »
The Iowa Department of Public Health released information Wednesday on two more deaths attributed to the H1N1 influenza virus, which brings the state total up to 40. Continue reading »
Iowa GOP not lining up behind former Gov. Terry Branstad, at least according to the Iowa Democratic Party.
Bob Vander Plaats takes aim at Iowa OWI laws.
Des Moines councilman, upset at the possibility of missing the Orange Bowl, calls for public to abandon Mediacom and switch to satellite television.
Detroit: The Iowa of Michigan
Marshall County could become the first in Iowa to ban talking and texting on cell phones while driving.
Sarah Palin among most admired Republicans.
Rep. Steve King, R-Kiron, was a guest on Iowa Public Television’s “Iowa Press” Tuesday, and the four-term lawmaker didn’t disappoint.
The Associated Press focused on King’s prediction that former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin will run for president and stands a good shot at winning Iowa’s first-in-the-nation caucuses. Continue reading »
As soon as the U.S. Senate passed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act on Dec. 24, Republicans and conservative activists started making a promise to voters. Give them a victory in the 2010 midterm elections, and they’ll repeal the bill.
“Every Republican in 2010 and 2012 will run on an absolute pledge to repeal this bill,” said Newt Gingrich, the former speaker of the House who remains a key strategic thinker for the party, on the Dec. 27 episode of “Meet the Press.” Continue reading »
Branstad targeting Democrats with robocalls, including state Rep. Tyler Olson, D-Cedar Rapids. Liberals hypothesize this means poor internal polling among GOP primary voters.
DNR may rope off parts of state parks due to budget cuts.
Rep. Steve King’s greatest hits dominate Mother Jones’ 2009 “Unhinged Republicans” list.
Still no word on a formal House-Senate health care reform conference.
Sinclair, Mediacom negotiations fall apart, putting plans to watch Iowa in the Orange Bowl in jeopardy.
Gov. Culver communications director moving out of stationary closet.
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