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.
Former House Speaker and likely presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich says U.S. courts are “as fully anti-religious as any institution in the Polish dictatorship, and our elite culture is as frightened of Christ and the cross as any secular group in past radical regimes.”
U.S. Rep. Bruce Braley is up on the air with a response to American Future Fund’s attack ad. Meanwhile, American Future Fund has launched robocalls against Braley.
Republicans have won the battle of big-name speakers, but liberal blogger John Deeth doesn’t think its all that bad.
U.S. Rep. Steve King says his opponent’s decision to confront him at a town hall forum was the equivalent of a “fraternity prank,” a line that reminds some of his comparison of the torture of Iraqi prisoners by the U.S. military at Abu Grahib to “hazing.”
Undocumented workers face discrimination and abuse as they help rebuild New Orleans.
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