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.
The Ames Straw poll is only 20 months away, so obviously it’s time to roll out Iowa Caucus power rankings.
A three-way Republican primary battle is taking shape for the right to challenge Democratic incumbent Secretary of State Michael Mauro.
Mike Huckabee compares U.S. Sen. Ben Nelson to Judas for supporting an abortion compromise to health care reform. Iowa conservatives label him “Benedict Nelson.”
Poor fundraising by the National Republican Congressional Committee is good news for U.S. Rep. Leonard Boswell, D-Des Moines, and bad news for the five men currently hoping to unseat him.
On Tuesday, the public will get a chance to sound off on the plan to move Guantanamo detainees to a prison just across the Mississippi River from Clinton.
A recovering economy, a banking system that never collapsed, a surprise climate-change agreement in Copenhagen and some sort of health care reform legislation are all proof President Barack Obama had a good first year.
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