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Chocolate-covered scorpions and deep-fried beers: The craziest state fair foods from over the years

Forget ice cream and apple pie: The American state fair has evolved to feature wacky favorites from chocolate-covered scorpions to deep-fried beers. As Americans flock to fairgrounds from coast to coast, Mike Bedigan examines the most outrageous – and (sometimes) borderline revolting – fair fare

The Independent UK

Trump plans Iowa State Fair stop, though he won't attend candidate chat with GOP Gov. Kim Reynolds

Former President Donald Trump is scheduled to visit the Iowa State Fair Saturday, the time-honored rite of presidential candidates working for support in the state’s leadoff nominating caucuses next January

The Independent UK

Republican Darren Bailey’s state fair strategy shifts focus from Trump, social issues to working families

Bailey — who is actually a millionaire from his family business — routinely portrays himself as the everyman on the campaign trail. “I may be a little bit rough around the edges,” he told the Illinois State Fair crowd Thursday. “But I will work for you, because I’m just like…

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Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker calls on the ‘coalition of the sane’ to defeat ‘the lunatic fringe’ as Democrats rally at state fair

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois Democrats looked to both the past and the future as rallying points on their day at the Illinois State Fair on Wednesday, castigating former Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner’s one-term stewardship of the state and warning that the party’s candidate for governor in November, Darren Bailey, would…

Chicago Tribune

How COVID-19 changed California State Fair for farmers who have attended for generations

The California State Fair returned in full force this summer for the first time in three years, but participating farmers are still feeling the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Tribune News Service

Nelly to play New York State Fair for second year in a row

NEW YORK — Nelly is bringing his “country grammar” to the Empire State again.

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