The ACLU of Iowa is challenging the latest version of the state law that seeks to prevent people from going undercover at livestock production or packing facilities. A federal judge ruled in favor of the group in its lawsuit against the first version of the so-called...
The Iowa House and Senate have approved a bill that establishes a new penalty for people who inflict financial harm on a farm with undercover videos or attacks on livestock or crops. "Iowa's heritage and Iowa's future is agriculture...If we can protect that vital...
The Iowa ACLU has filed a lawsuit for several groups challenging the constitutionality of what's known as the "ag gag" law. ACLU legal director Ritta Bettis, says the law that was passed in 2012 threatens jail time for those individuals, news media, and advocacy...
Iowa prosecutors soon will have "more legal tools" as they seek to charge people with exploiting children and teens with pornographic pictures and in prostitution rings. Governor Branstad signed a bill this afternoon that seeks to toughen Iowa law in this area....
Governor Branstad says he took the right step in signing into law a bill that offers new protections to Iowa farmers and large-scale livestock operations. The new law creates a new penalty for people who get a job on a farm or in a confinement in order to go...
Activists who fought hard for additional regulations for dog breeders last year are complaining about legislation that would ban activists from shooting undercover video or pictures at Iowa farms. Iowa Voters for Companion Animals say they’re worried the video and...
One livestock expert says the recent recall of more than 240,000 pounds of ground beef, the nation's largest-ever such recall, could have been prevented or greatly minimized through better cattle tracking methods. Dr. Randy Wheeler, an assistant state veterinarian at...
Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee says his second-place finish in the Ames Straw Poll shows he is "for real" and he's prepared to ramp up his campaign for "phase two." "What we're doing right now is trying to just catch our...
Two Democrats who're planning to run for president in 2008 are in Iowa today. Massachusetts Senator John Kerry is in Ames this morning campaigning with Michael Mauro, the Democrat running for Iowa Secretary of State. Indiana Senator Evan Bayh arrived in Iowa this...
Congressman Steve King has just returned from a five-day trip to Arizona's border with Mexico. "It was a real eye-opener," King says. "One cannot get a feel for this without going down there and being in it." King has been advocating construction of a fence along the...