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.
The U.S. House Wednesday backed an amendment to the omnibus spending bill that added $70 billion in funds for the Iraq war. The amendment had earlier passed the Senate.
Most House Democrats voted no on the 272-142 roll call, including Iowa Democrats Leonard Boswell, Bruce Braley and Dave Loebsack. Iowa Republicans Steve King and Tom Latham supported the amendment.
Republican presidential candidates Duncan Hunter and Tom Tancredo (who has called a Thursday press conference at which he is expected to quit the race) supported the measure. Republican candidate Ron Paul missed the vote, as did Democratic candidate Dennis Kucinich. Kucinich left Washington Wednesday morning after learning of the death of his brother. The Bill Richardson campaign issued a statement of condolences for Kucinich.
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