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.
Republican Mariannette Miller-Meeks seriously considered dropping out of the race for U.S. House when her husband lost his job in July and the couple’s income plunged to zero.
Retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor touted Iowa’s merit system of selecting judges and warned against injecting politics into the court system. Those campaigning to oust Iowa judges over their same-sex marriage ruling claim O’Connor was actually endorsing their position.
Cedar Rapids Mayor Rod Corbett will visit Washington, D.C., to discuss problems getting some $85 million in federal funds to the flood-damaged Cedar Rapids businesses for which the money was intended.
The Family Research Council presidential straw poll at the Values Voter Summit will include Michele Bachmann, Jan Brewer, Chris Christie, Mitch Daniels, Jim DeMint, Newt Gingrich, Mike Huckabee, Bobby Jindal, Bob McDonnell, Sarah Palin, Ron Paul, Tim Pawlenty, Mike Pence, Marco Rubio, Mitt Romney, Paul Ryan and Rick Santorum.
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