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.
It appears that Gary Johnson will be among the 2012 GOP hopefuls that have met the polling threshold needed to qualify for an upcoming debate. Fred Karger, however, is continuing to petition Fox News for a chance behind a lectern.
An open letter from leaders of several conservative groups is calling on members of Congress to reject the Legal Workforce Bill, sponsored by U.S. House Judiciary Chairman Lamar Smith, a Texas Republican. The bill would mandate use of the electronic ID system E-Verify for all businesses.
U.S. Rep. Steve King believes distant relatives of President Obama were given preferential treatment by the Department of Homeland Security and wants to call on an uncle, recently arrested on suspicion of drunken driving, before the U.S. House Judiciary Committee. State Democrats say the move is one more example of King’s knack for “sensationalism.”
A majority of people imprisoned by the federal government for felonies in 2011 have been Hispanic, according to a report by the U.S. Sentencing Commission.
Steve King, a co-host of a South Carolina 2012 forum, quizzed 2012 GOP hopefuls on their immigration views, trying to determine if the candidates were ready to move from an existing family-based system to one focused on economic issues.
A Gallop poll shows the 2012 frontrunners for the Republican nomination all receive roughly the same results when pitted against President Obama for the general election.
Wealth disparity between white households and black and Hispanic households reached staggering and unprecedented proportions after the housing market meltdown and subsequent recession, according to a new report that analyzed Census data from 1984 to 2009.
The current employment-based immigration system is dysfunctional and needs reform, panelists and lawmakers stated at a Senate Judiciary committee hearing on Tuesday. Judiciary Chair Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) presided over the hearing, which heard testimony from leaders in the business, higher education and immigrant communities, as well as three American mayors.
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