Plenty of water quality talk likely; action less likely

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Some of Iowa's most powerful interest groups along with environmental organizations are backing efforts to clean up the state's waterways, but there isn't unity about how to take action on an issue that has frustrated lawmakers in the past.

Two new coalitions have offered very different plans for trying to fix the problem, with one backing an increase in the sales tax and another supporting a moratorium on livestock confinement operation.