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.
State Sen. Brad Zaun, R-Urbandale, has emerged victorious in the 3rd District Republican congressional primary, earning him the right to take on U.S. Rep. Leonard Boswell this fall.
With 202 of 338 precincts reporting, the Associated Press declared Zaun the winner with 49 percent of the vote. Former Iowa State University wrestling coach Jim Gibbons had 25 percent of the vote and former pilot Dave Funk had 19 percent.
With seven candidates in the race, many felt it would be difficult for anyone to reach the 35 percent threshold needed in order to avoid the race being decided by convention. But Zaun racked up a huge lead early in the district’s more urban areaa, especially his home county of Polk where he has served as a state legislator and mayor.
A spokesman for the Gibbons campaign just told Des Moines CBS affiliate KCCI-TV that they are not ready to concede until the rural districts officially report.
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