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.
House Republicans today selected Rep. Kraig Paulsen to replace Rep. Christopher Rants as minority leader.
Sources confirmed this afternoon that Paulsen will take over the role that Rants has held since 2002, when he was selected as Speaker of the House. In the three elections since, however, Republicans have lost seats, going from a 54-to-46 majority in 2002 to a 56-44 minority in 2008.
House Republicans plan to hold a press conference at 4:30 p.m. to officially announce the change in leadership.
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