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.
This year marks the 125th anniversary of a partnership between the University of Iowa Libraries and the Government Printing Office that has provided Iowans with access to a multitude of federal government information.
University of Iowa Libraries Federal Documents Librarian Marianne Mason has developed a digital exhibit in honor of the 125th anniversary of the partnership between the agency and the Government Printing Office.
In honor of the anniversary, Marianne Mason, federal documents librarian at the University of Iowa, has developed a digital exhibit.
The Federal Depository Library Program was established by Congress to ensure that the public has access to government information. In 1884, roughly 30 years after the program was enacted, the annual report from the University of Iowa noted that the first shipment of federal laws was received by the university. Those documents formed the basis of the library’s government information section — which has now expanded to more than one million pieces in print and digital formats.
Through the program, the university receives government information at no cost and, in turn, provides local, no-fee access to the information in an impartial environment with professional assistance. Today, the University of Iowa Libraries is one of nearly 1,250 such depository libraries throughout the nation.
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