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.
Fortune Magazine has ranked Des Moines-based Principal Financial Group 21st in its annual list of the Top 25 companies to work for — citing 100 percent income retirement benefits for most employees, a new child-care center and the ability to buy time off.
The average salary is $95,308 (which comes close to tripling Iowa’s median income).
What’s more, 67 percent of the workforce are women.
Principal employs about 8,000 people in Des Moines and 560 in Mason City.
Click here to get more detailed information on the Fortune Principal ranking.
Principal is the only Iowa-based company to make Fortune’s list, which was headed by California-based Google.
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