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.
U.S. Rep. Steve King, R-Kiron, took a break Monday from ensuring the race to fill the late Sen. Edward Kennedy’s senate seat in Massachusetts was “legitimate” to rally supporters of Republican candidate Scott Brown.
King landed in Massachusetts over the weekend to assist Brown, whose campaign initially denied connection to the Iowa Republican. But in a video posted to King’s YouTube page it appears as if he is helping build enthusiasm at one of Brown’s phone banks.
King’s speech continued on the now familiar storyline: a Brown victory Tuesday would deal a deathblow to health care reform. He said voters in Massachusetts will decide the fate of the nation.
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