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.
Visiting Iowa Thursday to help raise money for the Republican Party of Iowa, Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour reiterated his belief that disgraced South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford does not need to resign.
Barbour took over for Sanford as chairman of the Republican Governor’s Association after Sanford admitted Wednesday that his recent unexplained disappearance was the result of an extramarital affair with a woman in Argentina.
Despite recent polling that shows half of South Carolina residents think Sanford should resign, and 45 percent support impeachment, Barbour said he believes the governor should stay.
“I don’t live in South Carolina, so my opinion doesn’t matter,” he told a group of reporters. “He’s been a good governor for the state. He has served the state well. He made a mistake he’s admitted was wrong. I just don’t see it as a hanging offense.”
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