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.
Billionaire Donald Trump will headline the Republican Party of Iowa’s annual Lincoln Dinner on June 10, further stoking speculation that the real estate mogul and reality TV star is seriously mulling a presidential run.
All 99 of Iowa’s county auditors — a majority of which are Republican — have come out in unprecedented opposition to Secretary of State Matt Schult’z push to require Iowans to show an ID in order to vote, saying it will disenfranchise voters.
Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty will announce the formation of a presidential exploratory committee this afternoon, the Republican said on a conference call Monday morning. The announcement will be aired live on Facebook at 2 p.m. CST.
Iowa House Republicans have pushed through three pieces of legislation that focus on private schools and parents who teach their children at home.
On a 57-39 vote, the Iowa House on Friday passed legislation that alters collective bargaining laws for public employees.
State Sen. Kent Sorenson (R-Indianola), a favorite of Iowa’s evangelical conservatives and tea partiers, told CNN’s Peter Hambly that he will support U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann if and when she decides to the campaign for the Republican presidential nomination.
The Iowa House voted 52-35 Friday morning to end debate on collective bargaining legislation at noon. The move comes after more than 24 hours of debate and discussion that started Tuesday at 2 p.m.
Gov. Terry Branstad faced off with members of Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement Thursday during a stop in Iowa City promoting his economic ideas, with protesters saying they disrupted the governor’s forum because they were denied their chance to speak during the Q&A session.
If Tim Pawlenty decides to run for president, Eric Woolson — the man who led Mike Huckabee’s successful 2008 Iowa Caucus campaign — will support him. But Woolson said reports that he’s already been hired are false, since the former Minnesota governor has not officially entered the 2012 campaign.
After 8 hours of debate on Wednesday, the Iowa House today will once again debate legislation that would dramatically alter collective bargaining for the state’s public employees.
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