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.
Despite strict laws banning the possession and use of marijuana, some Iowa patients are turning to the drug to ease their symptoms.
The nascent campaign of former Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad, who is campaigning for the Republican gubernatorial nomination in 2010, has taken to the Internet in an attempt to counteract an attack from Democrats that has gone unanswered for weeks.
U.S. Rep. Steve King (R-Kiron) made a significant sacrifice to cast his vote against the Democrats’ health care reform package, which passed by only a handful of votes Saturday night in Washington, D.C. He skipped his son’s wedding.
State Rep. Ralph Watts (R-Adel), an outspoken critic of climate change science, has been reappointed to the Iowa Climate Change Advisory Council.
For a man with decades of experience in Iowa government, former Gov. Terry Branstad offered surprisingly few specific ideas for cutting the state’s budget in a Des Moines Register story today.
Though races elsewhere on the ballot are heating up in Iowa, CQ Politics has downgraded its ratings of two congressional races here, and U.S. Reps. Leonard Boswell and Tom Latham can breathe a little easier.
There has been a lot of chatter recently about which potential Republican presidential candidates might be wise to skip the 2012 Iowa Caucuses.
Though Des Moines attorney Roxanne Conlin’s candidacy against U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley is only beginning, two other Democrats who are already campaigning across the state had harsh words to say about her when asked.
After a day of back-and-forth between the Des Moines Register and Gov. Chet Culver’s office about the precise definition of a “10 percent salary cut,” the issue has been resolved.
Gov. Chet Culver’s 2010 reelection campaign has launched its new official Web site.
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