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.
Following up on an Iowa Independent interview with Dave Leach, the Des Moines resident with ties to the man charged with killing Kansas abortion doctor George Tiller, The Des Moines Register reports that Leach could never attack an abortion provider because he doesn’t know enough about guns:
“You have to have some ability to pull off something like that. I just don’t have it.”
Leach also clarified the widely reported fact that in addition to publishing some of alleged Tiller murderer Scott Roeder’s works in his newsletter, Prayer & Action News, he also met with him. Leach said their last meeting was more than a decade ago.
“He seemed like a nice guy. Personable, good sense of humor,” Leach said.
Kim Lehman, president of Iowa Right to Life, attempted to distance her organization from activists like Leach by telling the Register “the pro-life community is opposed to murder. That’s the whole point.”
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