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.
Des Moines Register political columnist David Yepsen has formally interviewed for the director’s position at the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute at the University of Southern Illinois in Carbondale.
Yepsen is the first of three candidates interviewing for the position.
David Yepsen, a political columnist for the Des Moines Register, said the institute could be used as a means to explore national issues, like combating racial prejudice, studying women in politics, government spending and debt, health care in rural America and campaign finance reform.
Many of these topics have entered the public limelight lately because of President-elect Barack Obama’s victory and the prominence of U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin.
It was announced last month that Yepsen could leave the paper where he’s covered politics for three decades.
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