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Lean finely textured beef/"pink slime" linkfest

Bleeding Heartland

Competing rallies about lean finely textured beef took place on the Iowa State University campus yesterday. Governor Terry Branstad, Lieutenant Governor Kim Reynolds, and Representative Steve King were among the speakers at a rally supporting continued... »

Iowa Senate approves education reform bill

Bleeding Heartland

The Iowa Senate approved a broad education reform bill yesterday on a party-line vote of 26 to 24. Details on Senate File 2284 and the floor debate in the upper chamber are after the jump. I've also included the latest news on efforts to stop Iowa scho... »

A closer look at the Iowa House vote for traffic camera ban

Bleeding Heartland

After several hours of delay due to a suspicious powder mailed to State Representative Ako Abdul-Samad, the Iowa House passed a bill last night to ban local governments from using "automated traffic law enforcement systems." The 58 to 40 vote didn't fo... »

Notes from the Trayvon Martin rally at the Iowa Capitol

Bleeding Heartland

At least 200 people gathered on the west steps of the Iowa State Capitol Monday evening for a rally and vigil marking one month since Trayvon Martin's killing in Floriday. After the jump I've posted a few notes from the event, along with links about th... »

Iowa legislature post-funnel news roundup

Bleeding Heartland

The Iowa legislature's second "funnel" deadline passed on Friday, which means that most non-appropriations bills are dead unless they have been approved in one chamber and in at least one committee in the other chamber. It's time to catch up on the mos... »

IA-01: Ben Lange rolls out endorsements

Bleeding Heartland

This morning Ben Lange announced a "steering committee" of 57 Republicans supporting his campaign in Iowa's first Congressional district. Lange's endorsers include nine local or county elected officials, three former state legislators, six current or f... »

Black History Month Celebration at the Capitol

Iowa House

Iowa legislators will host the State of Iowa’s Black History Month Celebration on Wednesday, February 29, 2012, in the Iowa House Chambers at the State Capitol in Des Moines. A Black History Month proclamation will be read and signed by Governor Terry ... »

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Solid Waste Agency may battle Branstad over project labor agreements

Local News From Gazette Online

Bring it on, Gov. Branstad. That was the message from Brent Oleson, Linn County supervisor and a member of the Cedar Rapids/Linn County Solid Waste Agency board, as Oleson on Tuesday pushed to incorporate a project labor agreement into the agency’s upc... »

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