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.
A spokesman for Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Roxanne Conlin said accusations that the campaign is strong-arming elected officials for their endorsement are ridiculous.
“We expect ludicrous allegations from Republicans, but not Democrats,” Conlin spokesman Mark Daley said.
The claims were made Monday by Democrat Tom Fiegen of Clarence, who joins Conlin and Bob Krause of Fairfield in the Democratic primary for the chance to take on Republican U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley. He said Conlin is contacting state lawmakers and “twisting their arms to sign on with her,” using words like “blackmailing” and “strong-arming” to describe Conlin’s approach.
Fiegen’s statements, made in an interview with the Iowa Independent, were later picked up by the National Republican Senatorial Committee.
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