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.
In the Internet age U.S. Rep. Steve King’s intellectual meanderings are no longer just fodder for Iowa newspapers. His words have been broadcast and printed not only around the nation, but the world.
Love or loathe the Kiron Republican, you have to give it to him for the global reach of his voice.
The Toronto Star has quoted King’s opposition to opening immigration to more super models.
Here is the Toronto Star:
Recently the U.S. government lowered the cap on this category of visa and beautiful men and women have been denied the experience of working American runways. To solve the dilemma a New York congressman has proposed a bill which will separate models into their own category.
“Steve King, an Iowa congressman, thinks the bill should be called the “Ugly American Act” because it implies there are not enough beautiful people in the United States.”
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