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 annual Conservative Political Action Conference began Thursday in Washington, D.C., and 10,000 activists are expected to turn out for what could become a defining moment for the Republican Party and the conservative movement.
My colleague Dave Weigel from our sister site The Washington Independent will be providing live coverage throughout the event, beginning this morning with an overview looking at how conservative activists and Republican politicians have, thus far, largely escaped the negative attention generated by the movement’s fringes.
Erick Erickson, the influential editor of RedState.com — a Web site that regularly features guest posts from Republican politicians — announced that the site, which had always banned 9/11 conspiracy theories, was also banning “birthers.”
“If you think 9/11 was an inside job,” wrote Erickson, “or you really want to debate whether or not Barack Obama is an American citizen eligible to be President, RedState is not a place for you.”
For Weigel’s coverage, click here.
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