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.
Democratic congressional candidate Rob Hubler wants people to remember amid all the Sarah Palin hoopla over the last eight days that Republicans still have an eight-year record in the White House to defend. In Omaha, Neb., with two other Democratic candidates for the U.S. House, Hubler, who is running against U.S. Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, in the Fifth District, made the point that Republicans, not “some alien third party” have been in charge In Iraq, according to the Fremont (Neb.) Tribune.
OMAHA, Neb. – Three Democratic candidates facing tough House races against incumbents in Republican-heavy Midwestern districts joined forces Wednesday to bash the Bush administration and Congress on Iraq policy.
From Nebraska, Jim Esch of Omaha and Max Yashirin of Lincoln appeared at a joint news conference with Iowa’s Rob Hubler of Council Bluffs.
“Republican leadership would have you believe some alien third party has been in charge,” said Hubler, who’s running against GOP Rep. Steve King in Iowa’s 5th District, the most Republican congressional district in the state.
But it’s been President Bush, aided by the Republicans in Congress, who’ve fouled up the nation’s foreign policy, Hubler said.
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