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.
The most recent study by the U.S. Government Accountability Office has confirmed what critics have known for years: Former Department of Energy nuclear workers who developed illnesses linked to their exposures to radiation and toxic substances face unnecessarily long waits for their medical claims to be processed.
Legislation to reform the program designed to provide assistance to nuclear workers suffering illnesses related to exposure to radiation and toxic substances continues to languish in the U.S. Senate.
Almost a decade after Congress enacted the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Act, some Iowans who worked at Department of Energy nuclear sites during the height of the Cold War are still waiting for federal assistance for their radiation-induced illnesses.
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