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: Whether speaking figuratively or literally, thin ice is never a place you want to be.
~ U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Florida
~ Brenna Findley, Republican candidate for Iowa Attorney General
~ Amy Smit, communications director for Character Counts! in Iowa
~ Gov. Chet Culver, Democrat
~ Des Moines-based Culture Inc.
~ Beth Gaines-Riffel, editor of Kansas-based Grass & Grain
~ Greater Des Moines Habitat for Humanity
~ Iowa Department of Natural Resources
~ Friends of Iowa Midwives
~ Jason Hancock, editor at The Iowa Independent
~ Matt Strawn, chairman of the Republican Party of Iowa
~ Iowa Rep. Renee Schulte, Republican
~ Iowa Rep. Rod Roberts, Republican, gubernatorial hopeful
~ Roxanne Conlin, Democratic U.S. Senate hopeful
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