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.
U.S. District Judge Linda Reade ruled today that federal immigration and financial charges against Sholom Rubashkin were improperly joined, granting a request from the former Agriprocessors executive that paves the way for two separate trials.
The court’s ruling acknowledged that a jury would have a difficult time keeping all 142 federal charges against Rubashkin separate and that evidence presented to substantiate some charges could prejudice a jury’s decision on other, unrelated charges.
That means that prosecutors must try two cases, and that evidence from one trial may not be admissible in the other.
In an email to the Iowa Independent, Rubashkin’s attorney, Guy Cook, called the ruling a “very significant victory” for his client.
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