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.
Two Iowa state representatives have been named by web sites as some of the country’s best looking political figures. The male interest site Asylum named State Rep. Geri Huser the most attractive female elected official in Iowa, and the female interest site Lemondrop named State Rep. Donovan Olson among the nation’s most attractive males holding elected office.
The methodology used to determine who won each contest was not clear, but it probably did not involve much more work than scanning every state legislature’s web site.
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