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 available all day Friday to Mediacom Communications digital customers. Access the forum for free by simply going to the “on demand” menu and clicking “My Government” followed by “Political Junkies.” It will be listed under “Jud Retention.”
Mediacom Communications will also rebroadcast the event on Sunday at 2:30 p.m. on MC22. The company plans to air the forum “network-wide,” which means throughout Iowa with the exceptions of Council Bluffs and Sioux City, markets the cable company does not serve.
The discussion, which was one of the final times each side of the debate over whether three Iowa Supreme Court justices up for retention this year should be ousted from the bench for their ruling that legalized same-sex marriage, included the following panelists:
McCormick and Vander Plaats will also appear Friday night and Sunday morning on Iowa Public Television’s “Iowa Press.”
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