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.
Former state Sen. Maggie Tinsman is pro-choice and also one of four state co-chairs for Rudy Giuliani’s Iowa campaign.
She said that it wasn’t just his “phenomenal” response to 9/11 that attracted her to Giuliani. Like her, Giuliani is pro-choice but “against abortion.” According to Tinsman, Giuliani “doesn’t think the government should be involved with people’s medical, personal, and religious decisions.”
Tinsman, known as a political centrist, said the former mayor is “much more middle of the road than people have made him out to be.”
Video interview with Maggie Tinsman available below the fold.Maggie Tinsman wants a “winner,” and said Giuliani is the “only candidate that can win.”
She was in Iowa City last week giving a talk on “Politics: Why Your Voice Matters” at an event sponsored by the University of Iowa Women’s Resource and Action Center. She told the Iowa Independent she wanted to encourage more women to get involved in politics.
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