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. Steve King, R-Iowa, has repeatedly challenged T. Boone Pickens’ assessment that more domestic oil drilling is not the answer to the nation’s energy needs. “I think that when (longtime Texas oil executive) T. Boone Pickens comes on television and says, ‘this is one problem we can’t drill our way out of,’ I’m not sure he’s right on that,†King recently told the Spencer Daily Reporter.
Pickens, who pitched his renewable energy and natural gas-based Pickens Plan in Le Mars Thursday before about 700 people, had a quick response when Iowa Independent asked him about King’s view in a news conference after the event.
“I can tell you how he can get a real good lesson on that — put some money in it,†Pickens said. “We’ll see how much money he makes out of it. If he wants to go into off-shore drilling off the East Coast or the West Coast you’re not going to find much oil there. That’s not going to be any big payday for America.â€
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