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Harkin Scandal
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Gov. Branstad criticizes secrecy at Harkin Institute

DES MOINES—Gov. Terry Branstad (R-Iowa) weighed in on the developing secrecy scandal at the Iowa State University-based Harkin Institute during his weekly conference with Iowa journalists Monday. “On the issue of transparen...
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Congressional
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Harkin Institute’s culture of secrecy causes controversy at ISU

DES MOINES—A culture of secrecy shrouding the Harkin Institute of Public Policy at Iowa State University has continued to cause controversy as Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), the institute’s namesake, continues refusing to answer...
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Inside the Republican Party of Iowa leadership elections

Check elsewhere on TheIowaRepublican.com for a concise summary of the Republican Party of Iowa’s state central committee meeting today. What follows is a stream of consciousness transcript for information-hungry activists, in...
by Jeff Patch
 
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Harkin Scandal
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Tom Harkin: serial fabulist?

When a politician fibs about little things, Iowans start to wonder if he lies about matters of great significance. After all, Hawkeye State voters have finely tuned b.s. detectors honed by decades of participation in the First ...
by Jeff Patch
 
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Iowa unions and politicians fund anti-business group

The Iowa Policy Project, a left-leaning think tank funded by Iowa taxpayers, has produced a smear of a study targeting the American Legislative Exchange Council, a coalition of legislators and businesses groups interested in pr...
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