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: Moderation in all things — except, perhaps, when you possess the gavel or there’s a tropical heat wave.
~ Iowa State Association of Counties
~ Yvonne Beasley, home page editor at The Des Moines Register
~ Jake Moreland, Sioux City area radio personality
~ Todd Dorman, columnist at The Gazette
~ Janelle Rettig, Johnson County Supervisor, Democrat
~ Brent Oleson, Linn County Supervisor, Republican
~ Iowa Rep. Christopher Rants, Republican
~ Iowa Sen. Paul McKinley, Minority Leader, Republican
~ Iowa Rep. Sharon Steckman, Democrat
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