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.
In an interview with Bret Hayworth just published in The Sioux City Journal U.S. Rep. Steve King, R-Kiron, says al-Qaeda has been rendered ineffective and that the U.S. is near victory.
Making his sixth trip to Iraq since the March 2003 U.S. invasion, Iowa 5th District Congressman Steve King said there is such strong improvement in security that terrorist group al-Qaeda has been rendered ineffective.
King was last in Iraq in July 2007, and this morning said he’s now seeing “a stark contrast” in security following the 2007 U.S. troop surge. King said “we are on the cusp of a victory,” but it’s still to early to declare victory, he added.
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