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.
We’re still waiting — 45 minutes after results were supposed to be announced — to find out the winner of today’s Straw Poll.
With the vote total coming in at under 14,000, two possibilities emerge:
Could the top two have come so close to each other that, in such a small electorate, the percentage difference would trigger a recount of some sort? (This scenario would be a major blow to Gov. Mitt Romney, and it would give a boost to whomever is number two.)
Or, could there have been an equipment malfunction?
Any other possibilities anyone can think of?
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