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.
Democratic state auditor candidate Jon Murphy says he would make the auditor’s office less political. Republican Auditor Dave Vaudt has endorsed and campaigned with Republican gubernatorial contender Terry Branstad.
U.S. Rep. Steve King‘s petition to repeal federal health care reform has been endorsed by all but 13 House Republicans.
This year’s U.S. House elections could feature some repeats of the 2006 race in Iowa’s 2nd district — most national pollsters considered Republican Jim Leach‘s seat relatively safe, but he lost to Democrat Dave Loebsack.
Iowa education officials are expected to adopt national math and English standards.
Following the U.S. Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision, the coal industry is planning to drop lots of money to defeat “anti-coal” Democrats.
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