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.
On the same day that the Vermont legislature voted to override a gubernatorial veto to become the fourth state with legalized same-sex marriage, the Washington, D.C., council voted unanimously to recognize same-sex marriages that have been sanctioned by a state government.
Currently, married gay and lesbian couples moving into D.C. are provided only domestic partnership rights. But, pending a final council vote next month, all couples legally married in Iowa, Vermont, Connecticut and Massachusetts will be afforded full marriage recognition.
Two openly gay members of the D.C. council believe the move is one step toward legalizing same-sex marriage in the district, but a law like that would require the approval of Congress.
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