Canada wants to buy us. Iowa wants to stage a hostile takeover. Excuse me, despite what the windchill might indicate, we are not actually Greenland. Iowa state Sen. Michael Bousselot, R-Jealous, announced Tuesday that he’s going to introduce legislation to annex Minnesota.

President Trump announced last night he’ll impose 25-percent tariffs on Iowa’s two largest trading partners, Canada and Mexico. In a conference call this morning with Iowa reporters, Senator Chuck Grassley called himself a “free trader” and says Trump’s tactics are “questionable” but he’s willing to pause and see if they’re effective.

Iowa, U.S. farmers lost billions of dollars in exports in Trump's last trade war. Another battle 'couldn't come at a worse time,' an Iowa farmer says.

President Trump announced Monday night he’ll impose 25-percent tariffs on Iowa’s two largest trading partners, Canada and Mexico. In a conference call with Iowa reporters, Senator […]

DES MOINES, Iowa (Gray Media Iowa State Capitol Bureau) - Iowa will buy Minnesota’s nine most southern-most counties if an Iowa lawmaker has his way. State Senator Mike Bousselot, a Republican from Ankeny, says Iowa has lower taxes and regulations and would make for a better quality of life for the people and businesses in those nine counties.

It's been seen for some time that U.S. sovereignty over Greenland would bring strategic advantages, writes Colin Gordon for The Conversation.

Many U.S. states depend on power generated in Canada. (Iowa State University) Herman points out that unless the U.S. exempts crude oil from any general tariff on Canadian imports, Canadian action ...

The majority found that the proposed transaction has potential anticompetitive impacts, but that those impacts may be sufficiently mitigated through targeted conditions.

Notes from the Midwest Association of Rail Shippers’ Winter Meeting, which concluded today (Jan. 16, 2025): The Iowa Northern decision The MARS meeting opened the day after the Surface Transportation Board issued its long-awaited decision approving Canadian National’s purchase of Iowa Northern Railway,