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.
After the Iowa Independent published an interview with Dave Nagle in which the former congressman and Iowa Democratic Party Chair said Sen. Barack Obama was “throwing Iowa under the bus” with his proposed DNC calendar commission, the Des Moines Register’s Tom Beaumont published a story in which other top Democrats sounded a more reassuring note:
“Senator Obama continues to believe in the important role that Iowa and New Hampshire have historically played in the process of choosing our party’s presidential nominee,†campaign spokesman Brad Anderson said.
Iowa Democratic Party Chairman Scott Brennan said the party “should always look for ways to improve the nomination process.
“Senator Obama is committed to ensuring the Iowa Caucus will remain first in 2012,†he added.
The calendar commission will meet in Denver this weekend in advance of next week’s Democratic National Convention.
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