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.
Maine Gov. John Baldacci made his state the fifth in the nation to legalize same-sex marriage, signing the legislation into law today.
The Pine Tree State joins Iowa, Vermont, Connecticut and Massachusetts in defining marriage as the legal union of two people rather than between a man and a women.
“In the past, I opposed gay marriage while supporting the idea of civil unions,” Baldacci said in a statement. “I have come to believe that this is a question of fairness and of equal protection under the law, and that a civil union is not equal to civil marriage.”
The District of Columbia could join this group shortly, as its city council passed a resolution recognizing same-sex marriage that Mayor Adrian Fenty has said he will sign.
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