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.
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~ Bob Krause, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate
~ Sarah Palin, former Alaska governor & GOP vice-presidential nominee
~ Christian Ucles, Democratic strategist
~ Linn County Supervisor Brent Oleson, Republican
~ Cheryl Stubbendieck, vice president of public relations for Nebraska Farm Bureau
~ U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson
~ Mariannette Miller-Meeks, 2nd District Republican candidate for U.S. House
~ Lauren Squires, reporter with KWWL-TV
~ Todd Henderson, communications consultant for GOP Steve Rathje for Congress
~ Jeff Patch, the Coalition for Iowa Values, Republican
~ Iowa Rep. Tyler Olson, Democrat
~ Pew Research Center
~ Johnson County Supervisor Janelle Rettig, Democrat
~ U.S. Rep. John Boehner, Ohio Republican
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