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.
Still wringing your hands over the dispute between the Democratic National Committee, the early states who played by the rules, and calendar leapfroggers Florida and Michigan?
Have no fear. Dennis Kucinich is going to solve all our problems.The Cleveland congressman, whose own 2008 presidential campaign fizzled, has proposed allocating the Michigan and Florida delegates by the composite results of three public opinion polls.
“Simple, accurate and cost effective, this solution is nevertheless no substitute for actual voting,” Kucinich wrote in a letter to House colleagues. “But it is better than any other solution proposed thus far.” It also accomplishes the more important goal of getting Kucinich’s name in the headlines.
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