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.
John McCain has chosen Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin to be his running mate.
McCain was expected to announce his choice at a rally in Dayton, Ohio, later. In an Iowa Independent commentary published in June, I made the case for Palin:
In fact, of all the candidates under consideration to ride shotgun with the Arizona senator, Palin brings the most to McCain. The Republican Alaska governor should be his choice.
Millions of Americans fell in love with Barack Obama’s biography. They’ll go for Palin’s too — and perhaps relate more to it. She hunts and fishes, and in Iowa, where girls basketball is a major cultural force, the fact that this governor led her high school team as point guard to an Alaska state title as “Sarah Barracuda†will resonate. She appears to pull off the Clair Huxtable alancing act: being strong and feminine at the same time.
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