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.
Republican gubernatorial candidate Bob Vander Plaats has renewed his call for Gov. Chet Culver to issue an executive order to stop same-sex marriages from taking place despite an Iowa Supreme Court decision legalizing them starting this Monday:
Vander Plaats argues it is within Culver’s power to issue an executive order putting the ruling on hold. He unveiled a draft executive order at a Statehouse news conference Thursday and urged Culver to sign it to.
“In our opinion, it is constitutionally irresponsible for the governor not to issue this executive order. This is his role,” Vander Plaats said.
The governor’s office has made clear that in their view (and in pretty much everyone else’s view), an executive order cannot overturn a decision by the state’s highest court.
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