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.
Watching the cocktail-and-croquet Republicans mix with the social-cons is one of the more entertaining spectator sports these days. Earlier today, long-shot GOP presidential candidate Tom Tancredo, the wall builder from Colorado, tried to clarify his comments on abortion. His office issued the following statement:
A number of inquiries have been received regarding Congressman Tancredo’s comment on ABC’s This Week with George Stephanopoulos in response to the following question:
Can a pro-choice candidate like Mayor Giuliani win the nomination?
The Congressman responded “Yes”.
The question that was not asked was: “Should a pro-choice candidate like Mayor Giuliani win the nomination?
The answer to that question is, “Emphatically no; if a Republican President of the United States won’t vigorously fight to protect the life of the unborn, how long before the trend toward the culture of death becomes irreversible?”
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