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 Iowa Independent’s parent nonprofit, The American Independent News Network, was accepted into the Association of Alternative Newsmedia as the group’s first web-only news outlet following a vote of approval during its annual membership meeting held in New Orleans last month.
It used to be that answering a question posed by one of Iowa’s lesser known publications following a small town event held little danger of negative national attention. Tim Pawlenty is learning that is no longer the case.
Iowans have long understood the value of a single voice in a crowded room as well as the miracles that can evolve from a group of citizens working toward a common goal. Today, and in that same spirit, The Iowa Independent is pleased to unveil a new community collaboration project, Factbook.
The judicial retention forum sponsored by Simpson College and The Iowa Independent will be available all day Friday to Mediacom Communications digital customers. Access the forum for free by simply going to the “on demand” menu and clicking “My Government” followed by “Political Junkies.” It will be listed under “Jud Retention.”
The judicial retention forum sponsored by Simpson College and The Iowa Independent will be broadcast across the state by Mediacom Communications on Friday, Oct. 29, at 10:30 a.m. and Sunday, Oct. 31, at 2:30 p.m. According to the company, it will air on MC22 “network-wide,” which means throughout Iowa with the exceptions of Council Bluffs and Sioux City, markets the cable company does not serve.
Reporter Laura Millsaps was a guest on 98.3 WOW-FM’s “The Fallon Forum” Thursday night, discussing her series of reports for The Iowa Independent looking at a federal program designed to provide medical benefits and compensation to former federal nuclear workers who became ill due to being exposed to dangerous levels of radiation and toxic substances. [...]
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