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.
A television ad campaign by a coalition of progressive and labor groups is asking Iowans to press Sen. Charles Grassley to support President Barack Obama’s economic plan.
The group, which includes MoveOn, Americans United for Change, AFSCME and SEIU, is sponsoring ads which target Republican senators in several states who might support the stimulus — Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe of Maine, Judd Gregg of New Hampshire, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Iowa’s Grassley. Economic stimulus legislation passed the U.S. House Wednesday with no support from Republicans.
The ad consists of clips of the president talking about the stimulus, followed by the male voiceover, “Tell Sen. Grassley to support the Obama plan for jobs, not the failed policies of the past.”
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