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Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey today announced that the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship is accepting applications for grant funding through the Specialty Crop Block Grant program. The grants are available to support projects that enhance the competitiveness of specialty crops grown in Iowa.
Donald Trump has won the presidency after narrowly carrying a few states to put him above 270 electoral votes.But according... California Sen. Dianne Feinstein, ranking member on the Senate Judiciary Committee, has pressed Chairman Chuck Grassley, an Iowa Republican, to include Rep. John Lewis and other members of the Congressional Black Caucus in the confirmation hearings for Sen. Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III to be attorney general. Grassley has agreed-in a separate but equal kind of way .
Republicans will take charge of the next session of the Iowa Legislature on Monday with ambitious plans to restrict abortion, decrease collective bargaining power for unions and cut taxes despite looming budget constraints. Following an election that gave them strong majorities in the state Senate and House, Republican leaders say voters are expecting them to make changes.
Once-bustling Renwick has lost many businesses as its population declined, but when the town's sole bar cl... . Ron Oberhelman, right, talks with fellow owners Rod Nelson, left, and Jeff Thompson, center, in their Blue Moose Saloon which opened in September in Renwick, Iowa, on Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2016.
Graphic shows disparities between population and electoral votes among states; 4c x 5 inches; 195.7 mm x 127 mm; . Rex Teter, a member of the Electoral College, holds two days of delivered mail at his home in Pasadena, Texas, Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2016.
One of the most enjoyable parts of the fallout from a big political upset is the victory dance of those who claim they brought it about. In the aftermath of Donald Trump's victory, a legend is being built around London-based Cambridge Analytica, which advised Trump's campaign using "big data" -- one of the most magical phrases in tech.
President-elect Donald Trump is taking on a somber task Thursday that became all too familiar to his predecessor - supporting survivors after an outbreak of violence, this time families and victims from last week's attack at Ohio State University. Trump is flying to Columbus, Ohio, to meet with several people who were slashed by Ohio State student Abdul Razak Ali Artan.
In this Dec. 1, 2016, photo, President-elect Donald Trump smiles as he speaks during the first stop of his post-election tour in Cincinnati. Democrats need to rebuild the political "blue wall" of traditionally Democratic upper Midwest and Great Lakes states that Republican Donald Trump captured with an appeal to white, working-class voters.
President-elect Donald Trump is offering former military intelligence chief Michael Flynn the position of national security adviser, elevating a fierce critic of current U.S. foreign policy into a crucial White... President-elect Donald Trump is moving ahead with filling key posts in his administration, picking Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions for the job of attorney general and Rep. Mike Pompeo as head of the CIA. Immigration hotlines, legal clinics and public schools around the country have been fielding a flood of questions about immigration since Donald Trump's election.
I spent much of this fall listening, both online and in person, to the connoisseurs of ugliness who call themselves the alt-right. This is such a new category that no two people agree on precisely what it means or how many people fall within it.
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Buoyed by Donald Trump's surprising strength, the Republicans maintained their control over a large majority of state legislatures across the country, setting up the GOP to enact conservative policies and potentially cement its political power for years to come. Democrats had seen 2016 as a chance to chip away at the large advantage in statehouses the Republicans have enjoyed since 2010.
President Barack Obama hands over the White House to Republican Donald Trump in 71 days, leaving the Democratic Party leaderless and with few up-and-coming stars among its aging cast of stalwarts. In what appeared to be a wave election, Republicans also secured majorities they already enjoyed in the Senate and the House and in governor's mansions and state legislatures across the country.
The Republican Party will never win if it doesn't mend its relationship with women voters. Where does it go next? Though there is a chance Donald Trump could win, it appears women will be the firewall keeping him from the Oval Office.
Katy Perry's "Roar" has been a theme song at every Hillary rally this cycle, so it's no surprise that it's the center of her closing argument ad. But what an ad it is.
ADVANCE FOR SATURDAY, NOV. 5, 2016- In this Sept. 7, 2016 photo, Nicole Nosbisch, who receives services from Opportunity Village, puts toppings on gluten-free pizzas at BE WELLness in Clear Lake, Iowa.
Knocking on doors. Pounding the pavement. Volunteers are scrambling for votes across all the states up for grabs, and in Iowa, the urgency is palpable.
A dip in African-American turnout has knocked Democratic early voting numbers off their 2012 pace in key battleground states like North Carolina. The trend is also evident in early vote data from other swing states that could play key roles in deciding the election, including Florida and Georgia.
About 18 million Americans already voted before FBI Director James Comey made the bombshell announcement that he found new emails possibly relating to Hillary Clinton's private server. The numbers include some good news for Republicans in Ohio and Iowa, and good news for Democrats in Florida, Arizona and Colorado, based on a CNN analysis of the latest early voting data.
The former Iowa Secretary of Agriculture and former Lt. Governor during Chet Culver's administration, is facing longtime Iowa Republican Senator Charles Grassley.