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.
Bill Richardson is taking on the federal government and backing his state’s medical marijuana law, in perhaps the strongest stance yet by a major presidential candidate on the issue.
In a letter to President Bush, the New Mexico governor writes:
At a time when the scourge of meth is coming across the border, and cocaine and heroin use continues to ravage our communities, the federal government should be cracking down on real criminals—not people who are trying to help those in pain.
The letter is posted on Richardson’s presidential campaign website.Richardson signed the bill into law earlier this year, saying “So what if it’s risky? It’s the right thing to do. What we’re talking about is 160 people in deep pain. It only affects them.” He is directing New Mexico officials to continue to work toward finding a way to implement the law.
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