DES MOINES, Iowa, Jan. 29 -- Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bird Defends Iowa Pork Producers Against Radical California Proposition 12 DES MOINES-- Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today led 23 states in a brief supporting Iowa pork producers against California's strict-hog-housing regulations. In 2018, California passed Proposition 12, a law that requires out-of-state pork producers to comply with strict farming regulations if t  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, Jan. 29 -- Gov. Kim Reynolds, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Gov. Reynolds introduces bill to reform unemployment insurance, stop overcollecting on Iowa businesses Today, Governor Kim Reynolds introduced the Unemployment Insurance Reform Bill to the Iowa House and Senate. Gov. Reynolds proposes lowering the maximum tax rate to the lowest allowed by federal law (5.4%), cutting the taxable wage base by half, and simplifying the unemployment insurance system  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Democrats Flip Trump +21 Iowa Senate Seat Arrow In red, purple, and blue America, voters are already rejecting Trump's government for billionaires instead of working Americans Last night, Iowa Democrat Mike Zimmer won an earthquake special election in the open Iowa state Senate District 35 seat in a district that Donald Trump won by 21 points in November. Zimmer's victory builds off cr  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Jan. 29 -- The North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services issued the following news release: A commercial turkey operation in Sampson County has tested positive for High Path Avian Influenza. The positive sample was first identified by the N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Veterinary Diagnostic Lab in Raleigh and confirmed by the USDA APHIS National Veterinary Services Lab in Ames, Iowa. This is the second case of high path avian  more