Governor Branstad is among 250 people planning to testify today at an EPA hearing in Kansas City on the impact of changes in the Renewable Fuel Standard. Opponents of the changes say they would have a stifling impact on the ethanol industry, and go against standards set by Congress eight years ago.… MORE
An Iowa egg farm is being sued by a food supplier for breach of contract because it didn’t deliver the promised eggs after being struck by the bird flu. Hawkeye Pride’s parent company lost more than 5-and-a-half million egg-laying hens. The suing company – Michael Foods Egg Products – is a subsidiary of Post. The…… MORE
High-speed Internet in Iowa is getting a boost. Governor Branstad signed a bill that creates a property tax relief program for those who extend their broadband infrastructure. Branstad made broadband expansion a legislative priority over the past two years. The property tax relief part of the program will be privately funded. Getting residents web savvy…… MORE
The Iowa Lottery is ending thirteen of its games. Nine of them are instant scratch games, and four are pull-tab games. Players have til August 11th of next year to claim prizes in the pull-tab games, and September 28th for the scratch games.… MORE
Egg production in Iowa has dropped 28 percent from last year because of the bird flu. USDA says national egg production fell 6-and-a-half percent.… MORE
There has been a growing number of attacks on the city of Des Moines’ computer network, according to the city’s information technology director. He told the city council this morning that there’s been an 11-hundred percent increase in intrusion denials. The director is recommending an upgrade in both web and digital services. An out-of-state company accused…… MORE
The greater Des Moines area has been hit with fewer car crashes and car-related deaths in the past decade, according to the Des Moines Area Metropolitan Planning Organization. The biggest number of accidents were during afternoon rush hour, especially on Fridays.… MORE
The Iowa Economic Development Board gave the thumbs up to 25 million dollars in extra tax breaks for the Iowa Fertilizer Plant in Lee County. The Egyptian-based company building the plant has agreed to add 11 more jobs, bringing the total employed at the facility to 180.… MORE
The greater Des Moines area produced 44 billion dollars’ worth of products last year, according to the U-S Conference of Mayors’ latest report. That’s up 4-tenths of a percent from the previous year. It’s also more than what was produced by the entire state of Vermont. A Lee County fertilizer plant wants to increase the…… MORE
For the second time in a week, protesters lined up outside the Des Moines Police headquarters. The group accused the force of unlawful police profiling, and taped letters outlining their complaints to the building. The demonstrations followed the shooting death last week of a man who’d led police on a cross-city chase.… MORE
