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.
In a new television ad, the pro-same-sex marriage group One Iowa attempts to rally support for its cause by appealing to Iowans’ pride in their state and faith in its public institutions.
Justin Uebelhor, the organization’s communications director, told the Iowa Independent in an email that the ad would run for at least a week on cable stations in markets across the state and on broadcast stations in Des Moines, and that they are “planning to expand when possible.”
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