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.
An editorial published Tuesday in the Fort Dodge Messenger describes the Republican presidential campaign in glowing terms — going so far as to say of vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin’s speech in St. Paul, “there has not been such a memorable convention moment in a generation.”
Although the editorial suggests that the race should be decided on issues still to be debated, it comes out strongly for Sen. John McCain and makes the case that voters know all they need to know about the candidates based on the two candidates’ running mate selections.
Obama, in picking Biden as his running mate, cleaved himself to conventional Democratic partisanship, complete with fealty to its major factions. McCain, in sharp contrast, even more clearly identified himself and his campaign as being about reform and not being of and for Washington.
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