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.
A new study by the Williams Institute at the UCLA School of Law has found that Massachusetts legalizing same-sex marriage in 2004 has resulted in $111 million being pumped into the state’s economy.
The group also found that young, highly educated people in same-sex relationships were 2.5 times more likely to move to Massachusetts now that same-sex marriage is legal.
In April, the same organization found that Iowa’s economy stood to gain even more than northeastern states that have legalized same-sex marriage since Iowa has no nearby competitors for same-sex couples who want to marry. The group found that Iowa businesses could see $160 million in new wedding and tourism spending over the next three years, totaling an extra $5.3 million per year in tax revenue.
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