Wednesday was a difficult day for The American Independent News Network, which is the larger entity that operates The Iowa Independent. Our chief executive and founder announced two of our sister sites would close and their content would be moved to The American Independent.
A recently introduced bill could have far-reaching impact on the U.S. sugar industry, including American Crystal Sugar, a farmer-owned cooperative that locked out 1,300 Midwest workers on Aug. 1.
The chairman for Herman Cain’s Iowa effort says the campaign “relied more on the word of farmers than Washington regulators” in deciding to run an ad containing claims the Environmental Protection Agency says are false.
The Iowa Senate will remain under the control of a slim 26-25 Democratic majority when it reconvenes in January 2012.
There are 111,000 more registered Democrats in Iowa than Republicans, according to data released by Iowa Secretary of State’s office.
As of Jan. 2, there are 710,437 registered Democrats and 599,163 registered Republicans. Independents still outnumber both parties with 731,977.
In December 2007, there were 27,000 more registered Democrats. By August, that gap had grown to a little more than 91,000. In fact, the gap between the two parties has grown wider every month since summer.
Iowa, long considered a battleground state, went overwhelmingly for Democrat Barack Obama for president this year and expanded the Democratic margins in the legislature.
In the race to become the next chairman of the Republican Party of Iowa, each candidate has stressed the need to close that registration gap as a priority.
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