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.
Iowa’s only openly gay legislator, State Sen. Matt McCoy, has recorded and released a YouTube video reacting to today’s Iowa Supreme Court decision granting marriage rights to same-sex couples. In the video, he explains why he does not expect the court’s decision to be overturned by a constitutional amendment. He expresses pride in the Hawkeye state, and at the end of the video, he invites gay and straight couples from out of state to “think about coming to Iowa to get married”:
A UCLA law school study last year estimated that allowing same-sex marriage in Iowa would bring in an additional $5.3 million in state revenue each year. Iowa does not require residency for the purposes of granting a marriage license.
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