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.
Iowa law enforcement agencies reported 17 hate crimes in 2010, a small fraction of the 6,628 reported nationwide, according to a new report released by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Ten of the crimes in Iowa were based on race; five on sexual orientation; and two on ethnicity.
Nationwide, 47 percent of incidents were racially motivated; 20 percent based on religious bias; 19 percent on sexual-orientation; and 13 percent on ethnicity or national origin. Hate crimes from 2009 to 2010 remained steady.
A total of 221 Iowa law enforcement agencies provided data to the FBI, with 14 agencies submitting incident reports. Two hate crimes were reported in Des Moines, the state’s largest city; two in Davenport; two in Bettendorf; and one each at the University of Iowa and Iowa State University.
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