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.
You may have missed it in Sunday’s Des Moines Register (since it was buried on page 12A), but according to the paper’s Iowa Poll Gov. Chet Culver’s job approval rating has risen to 60 percent.
A similar poll in February by the Register found 52 percent of Iowans approved of the job Culver is doing, and a Survey USA poll in May gave the governor a 51 percent approval rating.
From the Register:
Culver’s approval improved modestly with Democrats, to 70 percent, and with Republicans, to 41 percent. He improved markedly among political independents, from 51 percent in February to 63 percent.
Culver’s predecessor, Tom Vilsack, had a 73 percent approval rating at this point in his term.
The polling, conducted by Selzer & Co. Inc. of Des Moines, is based on interviews with 801 Iowans ages 18 or older.
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