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.
Twitter lesson for Monday: Not only can a whole lot of people see what you Tweet, they can also see what you Tweeted just minutes ago.
It’s a little-known fact that campaign staffers in Iowa are required to wear pants with big pockets for stashes of healthy snackables to counteract the Midwestern goodies always present at events. Today we learn that the “kill-em-with-kindness” strategy isn’t just limited to presidential hopefuls.
~ Joe Scarborough, MSNBC talk show host & former Republican Congressman
~ Roxanne Conlin, Democratic hopeful for U.S. Senate
~ Bill Northey, Iowa Secretary of Agriculture, Republican
~ Charlotte Eby, journalist for Lee Enterprises
~ Jeff Angelo, former Iowa Senator, Republican
~ Tim Kenyon, journalist with the Corridor Business Journal
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