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.
The Iowa Association of Business and Industry has begun airing radio ads around the state arguing against union-backed legislation, Radio Iowa’s O.Kay Henderson reports.
The ads attack all four of the major bills being pushed by labor this session: Fair Share, open scope bargaining, prevailing wage and choice of doctor.
Here is a transcript of the ad:
Once upon a time, a band of union bosses roamed the Iowa countryside, threatening hardworking people while claiming to do good deeds.
Union bosses in Iowa are writing a very scary fairy tale. They want to make you pay union dues even if you’re not a union member. The unions want to fix the cost on every public construction project and strip our local school boards of their authority. And the unions want to control health care for Iowa workers. Their greed will cost you hundreds of dollars out of your paycheck. It will force local governments deeper in debt and raise our property taxes. It will drive up our health care costs.
Please call your legislator today at 515-281-3221 and tell them this is no fairy tale. Tell them in this story hard working Iowans will not live happily ever after.
The radio ads follow a television campaign launched by a group called Protect Our Local Wages which argued in favor of prevailing wage legislation scheduled to be debated Thursday.
Follow Jason Hancock on Twitter
Do you know where to vote on Election Day? Do you know what to bring with you? Get comprehensive voter information for your state here.
Sign up for our email newsletter