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.
Official voter registration numbers show there are now are 699,707 Democrats, 645,606 Republicans, and 755,513 No Party in Iowa.
The Iowa Department of Economic Development Board is expected to pay a consulting firm $235,000 to prepare a report aimed at developing strategies to assist in the recovery and rebuilding of the Lake Delhi area.
GOP 3rd District Congressional candidate Brad Zaun’s 2001 run in with West Des Moines Police is the subject of a new web video by the Iowa Democratic Party.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics said that initial weekly jobless claims declined slightly to 472,000. Initial claims need to fall into the 300,000s for the unemployment rate to decline.
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