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DES MOINES, Iowa 鈥?Several Democratic presidential candidates will make their case to Iowa farmers on
stanley cup Saturday 鈥?part of a broader effort to win over rural voters who have drifted
stanley cup to Republicans in recent years.Sens. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota are among the White House hopefuls who will attend the Heartland Forum in Storm Lake, Iowa. Theyre likely to tout proposals they released this week aimed at helping rural communities.The attention on agricultural communities and issues is the result of a recognition that Democrats need to do more to win over rural voters, especially in places like Iowa. This state has long been a presidential battleground that swung between Democrats and Republicans. But Iowa has trended more solidly Republican over the past two election cycles, a troubling warning sign for Democrats seeking to oust President Donald Trump. There needs to be a better connection made between politicians and rural Americans, said Aaron Heley Lehman, the president of Iowa Farmer
stanley cup s Union, which is hosting Saturdays forum and busing in members from neighboring states to hear the candidate pitches.In the early days of the 2020 Democratic primary, many candidates are focusing on building that connection.Potential 2020 Democratic presidential nomination candidate U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren D-MA waves at the crowd ahead of a campaign rally in Lawrence, Massachusetts, U.S. February 9, 2019. Photo by Brian Snyder, ReutersWarren rolled out Arkm Maryland School Shooting Linked to Seven Other Sniper Attacks
BIGFOOT, Texas 鈥?The worst oil bust since the 1980s is putting Texas and other oil producing states on the hook for thousands of newly abandoned drilling sites at a time when they have little money to plug wells and seal off environmental hazards.As U.S. rig counts plunge to historic lows, and with at least 60 oil producers declari
stanley cup ng bankruptcy since 2014, energy-producing states are confronting both holes in their budgets and potentially leaking ones in the ground. In Texas alone, the roughly $165 million price tag of plugging nearly 10,000 abandoned wells is double the entire budget of the agency that regulates the industry.The problem is forcing states to get creative: Texas regulators now want taxpayers to cover more of the clean-up, supplementing industry payments. Wyoming and Louisiana are riling drillers with steeper fees. Oklahoma is reshuffling money
stanley cup among agencies in the face of a $1.1 billion state budget shortfall, while regulators also grapple with earthquakes linked to oil and gas activities.As downtown turns go, this one happened faster and accelerated. It moved downward faster than the big downturn we had in the ;80s, said John Graves, a Houston oil consultant. For some people in our industry, it been more intense. Crude prices that peaked above $100 a barrel in 2014 plunged by 60 percent in just six months.But these r
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