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.
Republican gubernatorial hopeful Terry Branstad averages an 18 percentage-point lead over Democratic Gov. Chet Culver in 13 head-to-head polls of the campaign taken since last year. But the governor’s campaign insists the numbers are improving and Branstad’s “post-primary bounce” is gone.
Monday, the latest Rasmussen Reports poll found Branstad with a 16 percentage-point lead over Culver, down from 26 percentage points in June. Tuesday, conservative blog The Iowa Republican released its latest figures, compiled by the Concordia Group, which found Branstad with an 18 percentage-point lead, down from 29 percentage points in February.
Following the Rassmussen poll, Culver campaign manager Donn Stanley dismissed the wide margins of Rasmussen, saying, “Rasmussen favors Republican candidates and that can be seen in the demographic breakdown in their polls. That demographic does not represent who will show up on Election Day.”
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