by O. Kay Henderson | Feb 19, 2024 | News, Politics & Government
A bill that’s cleared an Iowa Senate committee targets protein products marketed as meat, but that are made from insects, plants or even stem cell cultures. Selling something labeled as beef, chicken, pork, turkey, goat or lamb that contains even a small...
by O. Kay Henderson | Feb 16, 2024 | News, Politics & Government
The Iowa Senate Ag Committee has approved a bill that gives some liability protection to farm chemical companies, including Bayer, which makes the widely used weed killer Roundup. Bill backers cite a 2020 EPA report that determined the main ingredient in Roundup is...
by O. Kay Henderson | Feb 12, 2024 | News, Politics & Government
A bill to set new standards for future pipelines and electric transmission lines as well as wind farms and solar arrays is among the many bills that face a deadline. Bills have to clear a committee in the Iowa House or Senate by the end of this week or they’re...
by O. Kay Henderson | Feb 8, 2024 | News, Politics & Government
A bill that’s cleared initial review in the Iowa House could make it harder for Iowans diagnosed with cancer to argue in a lawsuit that the disease is linked to the weed killer known by the brand name Roundup. Craig Mischo (MISH-oh), director of government...
by O. Kay Henderson | Feb 6, 2024 | News, Politics & Government
Moments of silence were observed in the Iowa House and Senate this morning to honor former Iowa Agriculture Secretary Bill Northey, who died unexpectedly at the age of 64. Northey served more than a decade as state ag secretary before his appointment as a USDA Under...