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.
A volunteer (presumably) from The National Right to Work Committee just stopped by the media table at the Iowa Christian Alliance event in Des Moines to drop off fliers claiming former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Penn., opposes to Right to Work laws.
Santorum, who has already been attacked by anonymous robocalls that called him a “pro-life fraud,” joined “liberal politicians like Ted Kennedy and Tom Harkin in voting against S. 1788 (National Right to Work Act) on the floor of the U.S. Senate,” the flier said.
Santorum was also lumped together with prominent state Democrats like Gov. Chet Culver, Senate Majority Leader Mike Gronstal and Iowa House Speaker Pat Murphy, calling them all “big labor cronies.”
Right to Work laws prohibit agreements between unions and employers making membership or payment of union dues or “fees” a condition of employment, either before or after hiring.
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