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.
1:03 pm: They're starting on time! One thing conservatives can do right. Started with a prayer, now pledge of allegience led by Steve Scheffler, president of the Iowa Christian Alliance (ICA). Next David M. Stanley, chairman of Iowans for Tax Relief, who is co-sponsoring the event with ICA.
Stanley: "The decision on which candidates were invited were made very carefully on objective criteria." When I came in, Ron Paul supporters were marching around the Hy-Vee Center with signs. I'm going to try to get to his counter-debate later if I can.
Stanley said the candidates were mailed the questions two weeks ago to give them ample time to prepare… They never called it a debate.
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