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.
Clair Rudison Jr., who is challenging incumbent state Rep. Ak0 Abdul-Samad in the Iowa House District 66 Democratic primary, released two attack mailers late last week focusing on his opposition to same-sex marriage.
The primary, which has become ground zero in the battle over marriage rights for same-sex couples, has up until now been mostly focused on other issues like education and the economy. But Rudison, who describes himself as pro-family, pro-life and pro-marriage, has received financial support from the Iowa Family Policy Center, a vehemently anti-gay organization. That support has caused One Iowa, the state’s larges LGBT-rights group, to become highly active in the district.
The mailers appear after the jump.
And a second mailer arrive late Friday.
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