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.
A man was arrested at the capitol today after a lobbyist allegedly caught him in the act of stealing a woman’s wallet. The Des Moines Register reports that the man, Marshall Clemons, 38, of Cedar Rapids, was charged with two counts of fifth-degree theft.
The man was apparently at the capitol as part of a group advocating on behalf of health care reform, so an Iowa Independent reader did some googling and sent along the results. It appears Clemons, a member of the Service Employees International Union and a school janitor in Cedar Rapids, attended the Democratic National Convention with then-Sen. Joe Biden.
Biden also “walked a day in the shoes” of Clemons back when he was running for President himself in the Iowa Caucuses. Below, I’ve posted video.
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