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.
The number of Iowa children on government-sponsored health care programs has increased by about 60,000 in the last three years. About 37 percent of Iowa kids are now covered by Medicaid or HAWK-I.
Dave Funk, the former congressional hopeful now running for Polk County supervisor, enjoys high name recognition but Democrats outnumber Republicans by about 7,000 in the area Funk is running.
U.S. Rep. Leonard Boswell criticized his Republican challenger Brad Zaun for being insensitive to flood victims. Zaun fired back, calling out Boswell for invoking destructive floods to rally votes.
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush told a Kentucky news outlet that he is not running for president.
102 Democrats and 12 Republicans in the U.S. House voted against $59 billion bill to continue funding operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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