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.
The judicial retention forum sponsored by Simpson College and The Iowa Independent will be broadcast across the state by Mediacom Communications on Friday, Oct. 29, at 10:30 a.m. and Sunday, Oct. 31, at 2:30 p.m. According to the company, it will air on MC22 “network-wide,” which means throughout Iowa with the exceptions of Council Bluffs and Sioux City, markets the cable company does not serve.
It will also be available “On Demand” on Friday, Oct. 29, which means Mediacom digital customers can access it at any time that day for free by simply going to to the on demand menu and clicking “My Government” followed by “Political Junkies.” It will be listed under “Jud Retention.”
The panel discussion, the last time the opposing sides of the issue will face off before the Nov. 2 election, focused on the retention vote for three Iowa Supreme Court justices who joined in the unanimous 2009 ruling that legalized same-sex marriage. The panelists were:
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