Blum and Vernon Debate Pact Narrowed to Six Debates
U.S. Rep. Rod Blum proposes six debates with challenger Monica Vernon, down from ten, with venues across Cedar Rapids Waterloo Cedar Falls Decorah Dubuque Grinnell and Marshalltown. Vernon sticks to two debates in their hometowns, while charges of trade policy and Social Security cuts are raised by her campaign.
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U.S
Rod Blum
Iowa
Blum
Dubuque
U.S. House
Monica Vernon
Cedar Rapids
Challenger
Waterloo-Cedar
Gronstal to lead national legislative group in NCSL
Iowa Senate Majority Leader Mike Gronstal was elected president of the National Conference of State Legislatures at the Chicago annual meeting. The unpaid post places him at the helm of a bipartisan body serving 7,383 state lawmakers and 20,000 staff, with leadership alternating by party.
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Iowa
Senate
Mike Gronstal
Council Bluffs
National Conference of State Legislatures
Chicago
Gronstal
NCSL
Carter Lake
House
Antioch College
Ohio
Connie
Lowa
Iowa Democratic Party
Des Moines
Branstad cites agriculture challenges amid slow prices and policy impact
Iowa Governor Terry Branstad and lawmakers discussed rural strain as corn prices stay below production costs for a third year. He blamed renewable fuel standards and water rules, while bankers noted financial stress among borrowers and hoped for local funding flexibility and regional services to cope with tight budgets.
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Altoona
Terry Branstad
Branstad
Iowa
Bipartisan Forum Suggests Easing Rules for Small Banks
Iowa lawmakers and candidates at a Prairie Meadows forum urged reviewing post 2008 financial crash rules seen as unfair to small banks. They called for more oversight of the Federal Farm Credit System and discussed taxing and regulating large credit unions like banks while preserving targeted bank relief.
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Altoona
Iowa
Community Bankers of Iowa
Prairie Meadows Convention Center
Federal
Farm Credit System
Verizon
Cracker Barrel
Rod Blum
Kim Weaver
Patty Judge
Senate
Congress
Judge
Executive Branch
Congress of the United States
Chuck Grassley
Browa
Jon Murphy
Iowa Credit Union League
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Christinia Crippes
Waterloo
James Q. Lynch
the Gazette
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Thegazette
Rebecca F. Miller
Rod Boshart
Gazette Des Moines Bureau
Whitver
Ankeny
Banking Conference
Jack Whitter
R-Ankeny
Capitol
Linda Upmeyer
R-Clear Lake
Marshalltown
Mark Smith
Smith
Upmeyer
Boshart
Sen
Jack
Linda Upmeye
Clear Lake
Mark
Erin Murphy
Gazette-Lee Des Moines Bureau
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