Researchers at Kansas State University have scrutinized recently released studies on the impact of climate change legislation for agriculture producers and came to the conclusion that most, but not all, producers will benefit from the package passed earlier this year by the U.S. House of Representatives.
The seven-member KSU team was [...]
Brigadier General Stephen Lanza with a progress report from Baghdad. A priest tells his parishioners that it's ok to steal from large stores if they are poor. Harley Schlanger speaks for Lyndon LaRouchePAC...against the Federal Reserve. Then, Iowans respond to the weekend vote on healthcare reform.
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I was over at The Bean Walker and noticed an op/ed by David Mastio at The Des Moines Register. Who is David Mastio you may ask? I’m not familiar either, but (see update below) He is the “Senior Editor for Online Opinion” [...]
* To avoid the most catastrophic impacts of global warming, the U.S. needs to cut power plant [...]
The first Agriprocessors supervisor sentenced following a massive immigration raid at the Postville meatpacking plant is requesting the court review his sentence on a belief that a U.S. Supreme Court ruling will mitigate it.
Juan Carlos Guerrero-Espinoza, 36, was sentenced to and is serving 36 months in federal [...]
U.S. Rep. Bruce Braley, who represents an Iowa district that borders the Illinois community that will house terrorism suspects from Guantanamo Bay, said today the economic impact of the prison”cannot be overstated.”
Braley, a Democrat, said the decision by President Barack Obama to house the suspects at Thomson, Ill., will create [...]
John Cole notes that Ezra Klein is ruffling Lieberman’s feathers by calling a spade a spade, and that the pathetically rightwing Beltway servant freaks that dominate the WaPo editorial space are likely to be hunting for Klein’s scalp soon. Cole notes that Klein has few friends, and has somehow [...]
While there are marginal cost savings to the state of Iowa in connection with the possible closing of the Mount Pleasant Mental Health Institute (MHI), there are also impacts to the local economy related to the loss of jobs and the added expense for patients and their families.
[...] The Iowa Family Policy Center’s action arm is noting in an e-mail to supporters Wednesday that the blizzard impacting Iowa and other parts of the Midwest is evidence of God’s sense of humor since it coincides with the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Divine Sense [...]
On Sunday, 40 college students from 9 different colleges traveled to Republican Party of Iowa Headquarters for the annual Iowa Federation of College Republicans Christmas Troop Care Package Party. The event was an opportunity for our organization to give thanks and show our appreciation for the sacrifices [...]
Today marks the day when the Japanese Navy attacked the United States Navy Pacific Fleet docked at Pearl Harbor in 1941 which led to the United State declaring war on the Empire of Japan and Nazi Germany. Incidentally it is also my youngest daughter Lily’s birthday, she [...]
On the heels of a national study showing the human toll that will be experienced if key provisions within the federal stimulus package are allowed to end, Iowa Workforce Development Deputy Director Joseph Walsh is calling for Congress to renew unemployment and COBRA benefits.
Joseph Walsh
“The unemployment [...]By Mike Thayer
Spending at all levels is out of control, it's GOT to stop.
FEDERAL LEVEL:
• $700 billion bailout that was supposed to keep credit flowing to Main Street, but ended up in Detroit, Wall Street, and Europe
• $787 billion stimulus package that was supposed to jump-start the economy but left [...]
Hello. I’m sending a copy of a statement I made earlier today on the Senate floor. I point out the major flaws in the way supporters of Senator Reid’s health care bill are spinning a new analysis of the health care bill’s impact on insurance premiums. It says a lot [...]
The past two years perhaps no Republican politician in America has had more of an impact on the political landscape than former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee.
John McCain may have won the nomination, Mitt Romney may have the money, and Sarah Palin has the star [...]
There’s the stupid coverage of news items. There’s the not covering what should be news items. And then there’s the desperately covering non-items in the hopes that they’ll become items.
I normally could give a rat’s ass about jocks. The media always tries to put a sheen of [...]
Producers who received letter from bankruptcy court urged to contact Iowa Cattlemen’s Association
Some Iowa cattle producers that sold livestock to the now-defunct Agriprocessors meatpacking operation in Postville have received an unexpected and unwanted piece of holiday mail from the federal bankruptcy court.
Court officials, in an effort to ensure that none [...]
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Senator Chuck Grassley said today that he’s asked for information from the Joint Committee on Taxation about which taxpayers would be impacted by the Medicare payroll tax increase in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2009.
“If Democratic leaders want to increase [...]
The National Republican Senatorial Committee is calling foul on Democrat Roxanne Conlin, saying she is trying to have it both ways on the issue of taking donations from lobbyists and political action committees.
Conlin has repeatedly said she will not accept donations from lobbyists or PACs, and Tuesday called on the [...]
One of three Democrats vying to unseat Republican U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley is calling on the veteran lawmaker to decline all contributions from federal lobbyists and political action committees (PACs).
Des Moines attorney Roxanne Conlin said in an e-mail to Grassley that the senior senator has accepted millions from “the [...]
By PETER HUSSMANN
City of Newton officials, like the rest of the community, are attempting to discern the potential economic impact to Newton following this morning's unexpected announcement that Iowa Telecom will be sold to Little Rock, Ark.-based Windstream Corporation.
In a press release today, City Administrator Tom Wardlow states that city' [...]
Iowa estimated to recover millions now spent on care for uninsured
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has released new state-by-state projections of the impacts of passage or failure of the Democrats’ sweeping health care reform package.
According to HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, the projections demonstrate that “the health care [...]
Democrats laughed nervously at the Iowa Democratic Party’s Jefferson-Jackson Day dinner in Des Moines tonight as periodic crashes of dishes hitting the cement floor interrupted the program.
At one point, a tray of dishes — packed with grilled pork, chicken, vegetables and potatoes — hit the floor, prompting Iowa Democratic Party [...]
…with roughly a quarter of the stimulus money out the door after nine months, the accumulation of hard data and real-life experience has allowed more dispassionate analysts to reach a consensus that the stimulus package, messy as it is, is working.
The legislation, a variety of economists [...]
Government asserts that Rubashkin aided flight of Agriprocessors co-worker to Israel
U.S. District Court Chief Judge Linda R. Reade has ordered that the Iowa meatpacking manager found guilty on 86 counts of fraud and money laundering will remain behind bars.
Sholom M. Rubashkin, who served as the day-to-day manager at Agriprocessors [...]
Newton Independent
The Iowa Judicial Branch released a new report on Thursday that shows how state budget cuts will impact court services provided to Iowans, oftentimes to the detriment of the state's most vulnerable citizens.
"Justice in the Balance" is a 20-page report that outlines the budget reductions the Judicial Branch has' [...]
