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: It’s always best to consider the source.
~ Chuck Todd, reporter with NBC
~ Jay Byers, Greater Des Moines Partnership
~ Fred Thompson, former GOP presidential hopeful & U.S. Senator
~ Ed Tibbets, reporter with the Quad-City Times
~ Terry Branstad & Kim Reynolds 2010 Gubernatorial Campaign
~ Linn County Supervisor Ben Rogers, Democrat
~ Dave Price, reporter with WHO-TV
~ Polk County Sheriff’s Office
~ Charlie Smithson, executive director for the Iowa Ethics & Campaign Disclosure Board
~ Former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson, Republican
~ Scott Rasmussen, president and founder of Rasmussen Reports
~ Catherine McAuley Center, Cedar Rapids
~ Steve Grubbs, former Iowa Representative and chairman of the Republican Party of Iowa
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