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.
Congress Daily’s Anna Edney reports that Rep. George Miller, D-Calif., chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee, predicted Thursday that the Democrats will have a merged bill to the Congressional Budget Office in a “couple days.”
That’s a much different message than the one coming from House leaders yesterday, when it looked like the negotiations would be pushed into February. Looks like that eight-hour marathon meeting at the White House Wednesday might have borne some fruit.
Mike Lillis covers Congress for The Washington Independent, a Center for Independent Media site.
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