by O. Kay Henderson | Jan 11, 2024 | News, Politics & Government
Two Republican presidential candidates appeared this morning at an annual event that was a flashpoint in the 2016 Iowa Caucus campaign. Eight years ago at the Iowa Renewable Fuels Summit, then-Governor Terry Branstad announced he did not want Texas Senator Ted Cruz to...
by Radio Iowa Contributor | Dec 11, 2023 | News, Politics & Government
Officials in a northern Iowa county are evaluating last week’s federal court ruling that permanently blocks Shelby and Story County ordinances that would have restricted where hazardous liquid pipelines may be located. Kossuth County Supervisor Carter Nath of Lu...
by O. Kay Henderson | Dec 6, 2023 | News, Politics & Government
A federal judge has permanently blocked two Iowa counties from enforcing ordinances that would have set restrictions for carbon pipelines. The ordinances in Shelby and Story Counties set zones around homes, schools and city limits through which pipelines were not to...
by O. Kay Henderson | Dec 1, 2023 | News, Politics & Government
An ethanol industry group is accusing Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy of being hypocritical for supporting construction of an oil pipeline, but opposing carbon pipelines. Ramaswamy often recites what he calls the 10 “truths” on the...
by O. Kay Henderson | Nov 28, 2023 | News, Politics & Government
Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy says the government should not grant carbon pipeline developers authority to seize land from Iowans who do not want the pipeline on their property. “You have a lot of other Republicans that have been trained to...