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.
Shane Goodman, publisher of the Des Moines alternative newsweekly Cityview, announced this week that what was thought to be a one time arrangement for fired Des Moines Register editorial cartoonist Brian Duffy to publish his parting shot at his former employer has become a regular feature in the paper.
Duffy will now have a weekly cartoon in the paper, ensuring his work continues to be seen by a Des Moines audience.
We offered space to former Des Moines Register cartoonist Brian Duffy in last week’s issue to publish his farewell cartoon, as the daily did not provide him with that opportunity. The page has now turned, and I am pleased to let you know that you will find Duffy’s cartoons each week in this paper.
Duffy’s job was one of 56 eliminated by the Register as part of an across the board payroll cut by its parent company, Gannett Co. According to Cityview gossip columnist Civic Skinny, since the announcement of Duffy’s dismissal the paper has had 700 cancelled subscriptions.
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