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.
Republican former Gov. Terry Branstad is filing forms to run for governor today, and, frankly, the timing of it seems wrong. He is stepping on no less than four stories that would have made Republicans look good and Gov. Chet Culver look bad:
I’m not sure when would have been a better time for Branstad to announce, but if I were advising him, I’d have told him to wait. Campaign finance law requires campaigns to file within a certain timeframe after they have begun raising money, but Branstad could have waited a few more days to start raising money, too.
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