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.
Comedy Central’s Stephen Colbert might be ready to flex the muscles of his newly established Super PAC, and he seems willing to begin the work-out in Iowa.
On The Colbert Report Monday night, the comedian told other potential PACs hoping to back Texas Gov. Rick Perry to back off, “I saw him first.”
According to Colbert, he will premiere an ad offering in Iowa Wednesday night during news broadcasts in the Des Moines area. A clip of that portion of the show is embedded below:
Perry, a long-time rumored candidate for 2012, is expected to clear the air on Saturday during a speech in South Carolina. He has also been tapped, according to the Associated Press, to headline the Black Hawk County GOP Lincoln Dinner on Sunday in Waterloo, a day following the Ames Straw Poll.
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