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.
Today’s Twitter lesson: One portion of a state will tolerate temporary occupation by another part of the state so long as food is involved.
~ Iowa Rep. Tyler Olson, Cedar Rapids Democrat
~ Caleb Hunter, assistant to the Senate Republican Leader
~ Don McDowell, former conservative blogger and spokesman for Iowa Sen. Paul McKinley
~ Josie Albrecht, spokeswoman for the Iowa House Republicans
~ Ben Rogers, Linn County Supervisor, Democrat
~ Perry Beeman, environmental writer for The Des Moines Register
~ Mike Glover, Associated Press reporter
~ Christian Fong, vice-chairman of the Generation Iowa Commission (and former Republican gubernatorial hopeful)
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