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.
Because a straw poll itself is not an informal enough assessment of public opinion, the group Everyday America is holding an “Unofficial Straw Poll” just outside the Hilton Coliseum in Ames, feauring “results every hour,” based on the opinions of those who visit their table.
As of 2:30 pm, the results were:
Huckabee 36 %
Tancredo 27%
Paul 13%
Romney 11%
T. Thompson 10%
Brownback 8%
Cox <1%
R. Smith <1%
Hunter <1%
Kitty Rehberg, a retired state senator from Rowley, Iowa, and also the president of the Iowa Eagle Forum, was staffing the booth, her thumb stained pink from having cast her vote for Tancredo. “Let’s get the sovereignity in our country back,” she said.
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