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.
U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., will be in Iowa next month, headlining the third annual Defenders of Freedom event organized by U.S. Rep. Steve King, R-Kiron.
“Together Michele and I have led the charge in the U.S. House to fight the Obama/Pelosi/Reid health care nightmare,” King said in a statement. “It was her idea that sparked our ‘Declaration of Health Care Independence’ and I am proud to call her a friend, ally in the conservative cause and fellow warrior in the culture war.”
Bachmann and King have formed a close relationship, with Bachmann going so far as to float King’s name as a potential presidential candidate in 2012. In fact, The Iowa Independent’s sister site in Minnesota documented five occasions where Bachmann has referred to King as “stunning.” Back in 2008, King’s press secretary, Brandon Lerch, left the congressman’s office to run Bachmann’s re-election campaign.
The two were also featured speakers Tuesday morning at a pair of anti-health care bill rallies held in Washington, D.C., and organized by multiple Tea Party groups.
Bachmann will keynote King’s event April 10 in Sergeant Bluff.
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