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Cruz blocking Iowa ag secretary’s nomination for USDA job

Radio Iowa: The Texas senator who won Iowa’s 2016 presidential caucuses has placed a hold on Iowa Ag Secretary Bill Northey’s nomination for a federal job. Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is blocking a vote in the …

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Lawmakers pressured to consider hog confinement rules

The Iowa Legislature will be under heavy pressure to revisit a state law designed to give local officials a nonbinding say over where hog confinements are built, the Mason City Globe-Gazette reported. The Worth County Board …

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Iowa Senate Democrats choose Janet Petersen as new minority leader

Des Moines Register: Iowa Senate Democrats ousted Minority Leader Rob Hogg in a party caucus meeting Sunday, electing in his place Des Moines Sen. Janet Petersen. The move represents a dramatic leadership change in the …

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Windy weather blows MidAmerican past energy milestone

KCCI-TV: The powerful wind last week did more than just blow your leaves around. Wind on Oct. 23 and Oct. 24 blew hard enough for wind turbines to provide energy to meet all of MidAmerican Energy’s …

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Iowa Democrats offer health insurance option

Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier: Two Democratic legislators Friday called for shifting Iowa’s privately run Medicaid system back to a fee-for-service state program in a cost-saving move they say would fund a new public health insurance option for …

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Alcohol sales, licenses up in Iowa

Cedar Rapids Gazette: Alcohol sales in Iowa increased 4 percent in fiscal year 2016 over a year ago, the state’s Alcoholic Beverages Division reported Wednesday. Total alcohol sales reached nearly $289 million, with overall revenues surpassing …

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Deere delivers its 2 millionth engine in Waterloo

Cedar Valley Business Monthly: The John Deere Engine Works in Waterloo can now hang a sign that says “More than 2 Million Served.” Deere’s Waterloo engine plant, which began production 40 years ago, built engine No. …

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Iowa farmland values tumble for third year in a row

Des Moines Register: Iowa’s average farmland value declined for the third year in a row, down 5.9 percent to $7,183 an acre over the past year. It’s the first time since the 1980s farm crisis that …

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Number of uninsured Iowans falls 46 percent

Cedar Rapids Gazette: The number of uninsured Iowans has dropped by 46 percent since 2010, the year the Affordable Care Act was launched, according to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services data released today. That …

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Mercy Iowa City seeks to join UnityPoint Health

Cedar Rapids Gazette: Mercy Iowa City announced Monday it will explore becoming part of the UnityPoint Health network, a move that allows the small Catholic hospital to operate more efficiently and gain access to larger insurance…
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