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Day: March 21, 2012

Mystery booms unsettle Wisconsin town

By Michael Muskal, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — With a population of about 4,600 people and located just east of the middle of Wisconsin, Clintonville is small enough and far enough

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Dubuque may limit plastic bag use

DUBUQUE – The Dubuque Telegraph Herald is reporting that the Dubuque City Council on Monday approved the first reading of an ordinance that would require businesses to report the number of plastic bags

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Vilsack defends Obama on gas prices

Rick Dandes, The Daily Item, Sunbury, Pa. – SUNBURY — While there is no silver bullet to bring down gas prices immediately, President Obama has put the U.S. on the right path to

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Clinton, Iowa area leaders lobby in D.C.

Ben Jacobson, Clinton Herald, Iowa – WASHINGTON, D.C. — The process has changed in recent years as legislators from both parties have agreed to move away from spending earmarks, but U.S. Sen. Charles

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Sports

Royce White Will Enter NBA Draft

AMES, Iowa – Iowa State point-forward Royce White recorded one of the finest seasons in school history this past year while helping thrust the Cyclone men’s basketball program back into the national

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Grassley pushes for caps on payments to farmers

Grassley, Johnson Push for Legitimate Payment Limits in Upcoming Farm Bill Discussions; Senators Introduce New Legislation to Place Hard Caps and Close Loopholes –  WASHINGTON – Senators Chuck Grassley and Tim Johnson today

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Capitol Digest, 3-20-2012

Rod Boshart, CR Gazette – A roundup of legislative and Capitol items of interest for Tuesday, March 20: PUBLIC RECORDS PANEL: A House subcommittee approved legislation that creates the Iowa Public Information

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Problems with TIF financing outlined

IOWA CITY, Iowa (March 15, 2012) — Iowa’s largest county offers good examples of why tax-increment financing (TIF) can favor city development strategies at an unreasonable cost to schools and counties unless

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