Great Plains Lookahead Digest
AP News Digest – Great Plains
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IOWA – UPCOMING – NEWS
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DEMOCRATS-BUTTIGIEG
DESCRIPTION: Former Transportation Secretary and potential 2028 contender Pete Buttigieg holds a town hall with VoteVets in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
UPCOMING: By 05/13/2025 5:00 p.m. CDT, Photo, LiveVideo, Text
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US WORLD FOOD PRIZE
DESCRIPTION: DES MOINES, Iowa — The Des Moines-based World Food Prize Foundation announces it annual prize winner Tuesday evening. The prize, which includes a $500,000 award, honors an individual whose work improves the quality, quantity and availability of the world’s food supply.
UPCOMING: By 05/13/2025 6:00 p.m. CDT, Photo, Text
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IOWA – NEW AND DEVELOPING – NEWS
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US–ELECTION-2026-IOWA-GOVERNOR
Iowa’s lone Democratic statewide officeholder Rob Sand announces 2026 bid for governor
SUMMARY: Democrat Rob Sand has announced a bid for the open Iowa governor’s race. He is looking to break up a long streak of Republican leadership in the state after a surprise announcement from Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds that she would not seek a third term in office. Sand is currently state auditor and is the only Democrat in statewide office. He faces an uphill battle in the state that Trump won by 13 percentage points in 2024 and Reynolds by 18 percentage points in 2022.
WORDS: 309 – MOVED: 05/12/2025 3:59 p.m. CDT
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MINNESOTA – UPCOMING – NEWS
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US TRUMPS-TARIFFS-SOYBEAN FARMERS
DESCRIPTION: Minnesota farmer Dan Glessing isn’t ready to get too upset over President Donald Trump’s trade wars. While farm country voted heavily for Trump last November, Glessing and many other farmers have taken a wait-and-see attitude toward the president’s disputes with China and other international markets for their crops. Monday’s announcement of a 90-day truce between the U.S. and China backs up their reluctance to hit the panic button.
UPCOMING: By 05/13/2025 10:00 a.m. CDT, Photo, Video, Text
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MINNESOTA – UPCOMING – SPORTS
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BBO–TWINS-ORIOLES
DESCRIPTION: Minnesota plays Baltimore at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. 150 words, more on merit.
UPCOMING: By 05/13/2025 5:35 p.m. CDT, Text
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MISSOURI – UPCOMING – SPORTS
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BBO–CARDINALS-PHILLIES
DESCRIPTION: St. Louis plays Philadelphia at Citizens Bank Park. 150 words, more on merit.
UPCOMING: By 05/13/2025 5:45 p.m. CDT, Text
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BBO–ROYALS-ASTROS
DESCRIPTION: Kansas City plays Houston at Daikin Park. 150 words, more on merit.
UPCOMING: By 05/13/2025 7:10 p.m. CDT, Text
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MISSOURI – NEW AND DEVELOPING – NEWS
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US–MISSOURI-HOME EXPLOSION
Missouri’s attorney general has sued a utility over an explosion of a home that killed a 5-year-old
SUMMARY: Missouri’s attorney general has sued a natural gas company over the explosion of a home in a small town that killed a 5-year-old boy. The lawsuit filed Monday by Attorney General Andrew Bailey in Lafayette County accuses Liberty Utilities of violating a state safety law. The April 9 explosion destroyed a home in Lexington, about 55 miles east of Kansas City. Federal investigators said in a preliminary report last week that a Liberty employee failed to mark a section of a gas line before another company drilled into it while installing a fiber optic cable. The utility said it is working with authorities on finding the explosion’s cause.
WORDS: 307 – MOVED: 05/12/2025 6:17 p.m. CDT
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US–PESTICIDES-LIABILITY PROTECTION
Georgia becomes second US state to shield maker of Roundup weed killer from some cancer claims
SUMMARY: Georgia has become the second state to provide a legal protections to the manufacturer of a popular weed killer. Legislation signed by Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp says pesticide makers can’t be sued for failing to warn customers of dangers if they use labels approved by federal regulators. The bill is backed by agrochemical giant Bayer, the maker of Roundup weed killer. Bayer has been hit with 181,000 claims alleging that Roundup’s key ingredient glyphosate causes non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Bayer disputes those claims. The Environmental Protection Agency has said it’s not likely to be carcinogenic to humans when used as directed. North Dakota enacted a similar law earlier this year.
WORDS: 492 – MOVED: 05/12/2025 3:31 p.m. CDT
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US–CONGRESS-TAX CUTS
House Republicans unveil Medicaid cuts that Democrats warn will leave millions without care
SUMMARY: House Republicans have unveiled the cost-saving centerpiece of President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill.” The legislation tallies hundreds of pages and involves at least $880 billion in cuts largely to Medicaid, the nation’s health care program for more than 70 million Americans. The savings are needed to help cover the cost of $4.5 trillion in tax breaks. But it’s setting off the biggest political fight over health care since Republicans tried but failed to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act during Trump’s first term. Democrats warn millions of Americans will lose coverage. And one Republican, Sen. Josh Hawley, warned his colleagues in an op-ed Monday that cutting health care to pay for tax breaks would be “morally wrong and politically suicidal.”
WORDS: 976 – MOVED: 05/12/2025 2:07 p.m. CDT
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NORTH DAKOTA – NEW AND DEVELOPING – NEWS
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US–PESTICIDES-LIABILITY PROTECTION
Georgia becomes second US state to shield maker of Roundup weed killer from some cancer claims
SUMMARY: Georgia has become the second state to provide a legal protections to the manufacturer of a popular weed killer. Legislation signed by Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp says pesticide makers can’t be sued for failing to warn customers of dangers if they use labels approved by federal regulators. The bill is backed by agrochemical giant Bayer, the maker of Roundup weed killer. Bayer has been hit with 181,000 claims alleging that Roundup’s key ingredient glyphosate causes non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Bayer disputes those claims. The Environmental Protection Agency has said it’s not likely to be carcinogenic to humans when used as directed. North Dakota enacted a similar law earlier this year.
WORDS: 492 – MOVED: 05/12/2025 3:31 p.m. CDT
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