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.
Embattled South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford should resign, not only for the sake of his state but for his family, GOP gubernatorial hopeful Bob Vander Plaats said in an interview with the Carroll Daily Times Herald. Sanford confessed last week to secretly traveling to Argentina to carry on an extramarital affair.
“I think what it is is a compromise of his leadership and I think honestly he has a family in crisis,” Vander Plaats said. “I think he needs to put his attention on the family right now. If I was counseling him I would say, ‘Governor Sanford, not only for your state but I believe for you and your family I’d resign.’”
Vander Plaats said his party should be held to a higher standard, and thus, should be judged more harshly over their values. Republicans must decide whether they are going “to walk the walk or just talk the talk” when it comes to family values.
The call for Sanford’s resignation grew louder Wednesday when 14 of South Carolina’s Republican state senators joined 11 Republican members of the state House and six of the state’s biggest newspapers in calling for him to step down.
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