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 Wes Enos has formally entered the race to unseat four-term incumbent Democratic state Sen. Dennis Black of Newton in district 21.
Enos is a member of the Republican Party of Iowa State Central Committee and was Iowa political director for Mike Huckabee’s successful caucus campaign in 2008. He also ran Peter Teahen’s failed Congressional bid in the 2nd District. In 2006, Enos ran and lost in the race for a seat on the Polk County Board of Supervisors.
Black, who served in the Iowa House for 12 years before running for state Senate, was re-elected in 2006 by a 13 percentage point margin.
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