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.
Well before a rally on immigration reform was set to begin, people with differing viewpoints converged in the small town of Postville. The opposing groups ultimately flung messages at one another across a downtown street.
Over 1,000 people — some reports say as many as 2,000 — marched in protest of the May 12 immigration raid at Agriprocessors, the largest kosher meatpacking plant in the U.S. and Postville’s largest employer. The marchers left St. Bridget’s Roman Catholic Church and snaked through a residential area before pausing briefly in front of the Agriprocessors plant. The group continued through another residential area before moving toward downtown.
As the opposing sides came in closer proximity to one another, the many law enforcement officers on hand visibly tensed. If there was to be conflict, it would most likely happen when the two groups confronted each other from opposite sides of Lawler Street.
The procession, tinged with angry chants and shouts by each group, took nearly a half hour. But, it ended without violence.
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