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 race between two incumbents in Iowa’s 3rd Congressional District is one of 10 bellwether races for who controls Congress, according to a Politico article.
Reporter Alex Isenstadt wrote the race between U.S. Rep. Leonard Boswell, a Des Moines Democrat, and Rep. Tom Latham, currently an Ames Republican, in the newly-drawn southwest Iowa district is “the closest thing to a fair fight in 2012.”
“With Latham battling Boswell, both sides could pour millions into a contest expected to be among the most expensive in the country,” Isenstadt wrote. “Both incumbents are respected, proven campaigners, and the final result could well hinge on which way the national winds are blowing.”
Last week Isenstadt identified the fundraising races in Iowa’s 3rd and 4th Congressional Districts as among “10 FEC reports to watch.”
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