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 bill that authorizes the state to borrow $105 million was approved late Friday night by the Iowa Senate.
On a vote of 30-19, lawmakers gave approval to Senate File 477, which would allow the state to issue bonds totaling $100 million for vertical infrastructure improvements and $5 million for alternative energy projects.
The bill is expected to be debated by the Iowa House today.
The measure is one of several bonding bills passed last night. Both the House and Senate passed a $115 million to help University of Iowa rebuild flood-ravaged areas of the Iowa City campus, and the House passed an amended version of a $545 million bonding bill passed by the Senate last month.
All told, legislators are expected to approve more than $800 million in bonding bills this weekend with the hopes of adjourning early next week.
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