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.
In answering the religion question, Kucinich quips that he’s spent the past 45 minutes “praying that [George] would call on me.” This seals it for me: Dennis Kucinich is the most improved candidate of contest 2008. He’s finally got a decent haircut, he smiles all the time, he’s frequently funny, and he’s figured out a way to be a strong defender of his positions without being sour and destructive. He even looks five years younger. He’s like a walking one-man advertisement for marriage.
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