by admin | Sep 30, 1999 | Politics & Government
Pork producers are hailing a section in the emergency farm aid package whichcalls for public disclosure of all hog sales, not just those done atauction. Presently, the prices meatpackers pay for hogs raised under aprivate contract are NOT publicly disclosed. National...
by admin | Sep 30, 1999 | Crime & Courts
A federal appeals court has thrown out a case which has constrainedoperations of Iowa’s maximum security prison since 1981. The case at one time established a limit on the number of prisoners whocould be housed at the Fort Madison prison. The case was filed by...
by admin | Sep 30, 1999 | Politics & Government
The congressional committee working on the emergency farm aid bill hasfinished its work. Congressman Tom Latham is on the committee and saysmanditory price reporting of all livestock sales is included in the bill. Latham, a republican from Alexander, says a provision...
by O. Kay Henderson | Sep 30, 1999 | News
(Des Moines, IA) Former First Lady Barbara Bush Thursday said the Bush family has “kept their clothes on” for 25 years and she’s unconcerned about questions raised about her son’s personal life and rumored but unconfirmed illegal drug use....
by O. Kay Henderson | Sep 30, 1999 | News
(Des Moines, IA) Officials from the major political parties in Iowa and New Hampshire conferred by phone Thursday as they struggle to set the dates of campaign events that have traditionally been the opening electoral tests for presidential candidates. At issue is a...
