The court's unanimous decision leaves Abby Finkenauer as the likely front-runner in a race with two lesser-known candidates ahead of Iowa's June 7 primary. The winner will run against Chuck Grassley, provided he wins a GOP primary.
The governors, including Iowa’s Kim Reynolds, are proposing the federal government regulate E10 — the most common blend of ethanol currently available year-round — the same as E15, which has a higher ethanol blend and typically is cheaper.
If successful in Ukraine, Putin may move on Moldova, a non-NATO country where Russian forces are stationed, and the prime minister of Kosovo worries if Ukraine falls, Serbia will invade with support from Russian and China, Sen. Joni Ernst said.
U.S. Magistrate Henry Locher of the Southern District of Iowa is among five judicial nominees President Biden named Wednesday.
The Biden administration announced Tuesday that the Environmental Protection Agency will issue an emergency action that will make the E15 blend of ethanol available through this summer. The action will cite the strain on the nation’s fuel supply caused by the Russian military’s invasion of Ukraine.
Inflation soared over the past year at its fastest pace in more than 40 years, with costs for food, gasoline, housing and other necessities squeezing American consumers and wiping out the pay raises that many people have received.
The president will make the announcement at an event scheduled for this afternoon at a biofuels processing plant in Guthrie County.
An official said Biden will speak to Iowans about his administration’s plans to address rising costs on consumers, and highlight investments in infrastructure, particularly in rural communities.
The president has traveled to other states in recent months to tout federal infrastructure funding.
Sen. Chuck Grassley, an Iowa Republican, cited philosophical differences with Ketanji Brown Jackson as his reason for opposing her confirmation as a Supreme Court justice.
President George W. Bush and former First Lady Laura Bush will be honored for their humanitarian work in Africa at a fundraiser for the Hoover Presidential Foundation’s $20 million capital campaign to renovate the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum at West Branch.
Public opinion polls have consistently shown support across party lines for capping the monthly cost of insulin. However, experts say the House bill would not help uninsured people, who face the highest out-of-pocket costs for insulin.
The filing asks the district court to reverse a state panel’s decision, or require the panel to reconsider the objections to the signatures on Finkenauer’s nominating petitions for his U.S. Senate bid.
U.S. regulators on Tuesday authorized another COVID-19 booster for people age 50 and older, a step to offer extra protection for the most vulnerable in case the coronavirus rebounds.
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