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.
As the idea of expanding broadband internet access to rural parts of the country gets batted around think tanks and congressional offices, one consultant with experience training large companies’ employees to use the web says the access alone is not enough. From a smart op-ed published last week on the rural policy site Daily Yonder, here’s what Frank Odasz has to say:
As Congress discusses rural broadband as part of the nation’s economic stimulus package, nearly all the focus has been on broadband access. Is it worth spending billions to extend broadband to rural areas? It’s a legitimate question. Once access is achieved, the telephone and cable companies will have met their goal, but the challenge for citizens and communities to produce jobs and income will have just begun.
Broadband does not create jobs, Odasz argues. People create jobs, and they need training and an entrepreneurial spark before they will be able to use broadband to create wealth. You can read Odasz’s full post here.
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