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.
The shrunken Republican caucus in the Iowa Senate has elected State Sen. Paul McKinley of Chariton as its new Minority Leader, ousting State Sen. Ron Wieck.
McKinley ran for the post last year, but Wieck defeated him. Shortly after his victory last year, Wieck told the Iowa Independent that he planned to contrast Republican and Democratic positions on property taxes and social issues, among other things, during the 2008 legislative session.
More recently, however, Wieck was known for setting a low bar for GOP State Senators on election day, hoping only to keep Democrats from picking up enough seats to achieve a supermajority.
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