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.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., is reportedly preparing to introduce a bill extending the filing deadline for the next tier of unemployment benefits by 15 days. The backlash from economists pushing for a much larger safety net was inevitable. Here’s Ross Eisenbrey, vice president of the Economic Policy Institute, who just released a statement blasting that strategy:
The American people may not be familiar with the arcane rules that are grinding the Senate to a halt, but they are all too familiar with the hardships that this recession has imposed on their families, friends, and neighbors. Senators have got to find a way to move forward to provide help to Americans who are out of work, starting with a 12-month extension of unemployment benefits.
Without congressional action, the filing deadline arrives Friday. An estimated 1.2 million unemployed workers are poised to exhaust their benefits next month if that cutoff remains unchanged.
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