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.
A state tax incentive that pays tuition for students in private, mostly religious, schools has failed to meet proponents’ claims that it would cut the state budget and is instead costing Iowa taxpayers millions of dollars.
Christian radio host Steve Deace says, “Sodomy is going mainstream in the Republican Party, proving yet again that today’s conservatives are tomorrow’s liberals when your philosophy is based on pragmatism (as in whatever helps me get what I want is good) and not principle.”
Meanwhile, gay and lesbian rights activists gathered in Decorah for “Achieving Marriage Equality in the Heartland,” a conference sponsored by the Northeast Iowa chapter of Parents, Families & Friends of Lesbians and Gays.
The Republican Party of Iowa platform takes aim at organized labor.
Gov. Chet Culver’s re-election chances are “dire” and his “odds of a comeback are small,” according to Cedar Rapids Gazette columnist Todd Dorman.
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