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.
More than half of the nearly $445 million headed to Iowa as part of the federal stimulus package has been assigned to projects, according to a report issued by the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.
Of the money allocated, all of it comes from the portion directed towards highway infrastructure projects. Iowa is set to receive $358 million and has already obligated $226.6 million, a little more than 63 percent.
“Obligated” funds are projects that have been given federal authority to go forward.
There are 155 projects out to bid, 59 projects currently under contract and 20 projects already underway, the report said.
The committee report also found 698 “direct, on-project jobs created or sustained,” with a total payroll of job hours of more than $800,000.
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