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.
This Tuesday Wisconsin Democrats and labor groups will begin an effort to gather more than 550,000 signatures by mid-January on a petition to recall Gov. Scott Walker.
Following dismissal of his lawsuit against the Transportation Security Administration for security measures like mandatory pat-downs, former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura told reporters Friday that he hasn’t ruled out a run for higher office.
Union members who have been locked out from American Crystal Sugar plants since the start of August rejected the company’s most recent offer in a vote Tuesday.
The Republican presidential field continues to fluctuate in the Hawkeye State, which has led some conservative pundits to question the decision by former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty to withdrawal from the fray.
A former Marine who served two tours of duty in Iraq was seriously injured in Tuesday night’s police crackdown on Occupy Wall Street protesters in Oakland, Calif.
Leaders of congressional agricultural committees are working with lobbyists outside of the public’s eye to draft a Farm Bill that could be included in the super committee’s deficit reduction plan.
Barack Obama’s 2012 campaign has a new senior advisor — a former lobbyist for the company pushing the Keystone XL pipeline, who also lobbied for Comcast throughout the period the media conglomerate was seeking approval for its merger with NBC-Universal.
U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann batted down suggestions of student loan and debt forgiveness by the occupy movement during a speech to the Commonwealth Club of California, indicating that the demonstrators are offering “government-directed solutions based on temporary gimmicks.”
Tm Pawlenty believes he dropped his White House bid too early and his campaign placed too much focus on the Ames Straw Poll.
The 2011 merger of Comcast and NBC-Universal created one of the largest media conglomerates in American history, which critics warn could limit the variety of voices heard by the public and threaten the internet’s role as a forum for free exchange of information.
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