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.
[Commentary] Boston Globe columnist Peter Canellos recently wrote a thought-provoking piece titled "Riding the antiabortion tide." The news peg is the mini-controversy over whether former Tennessee Sen. Fred Thompson, the "Law and Order" actor, once lobbied in support of abortion rights. Canellos writes: The sheer number of Republican leaders who've morphed from abortion-rights defenders to strict [...]
Yesterday Iowa Independent published its third edition of the death watch of Arizona Sen. John McCain's Iowa campaign, which included the news that Marlys Popma, McCain's Iowa Coalitions director, was leaving the campaign. But according to the Des Moines Register, Popma has changed her mind and will remain with the campaign after having been persuaded [...]
In many ways, the members of NICHE would probably just want to be left alone. But they’ve discovered that closing themselves off from the world is not likely to have the effects they might hope for. NICHE is the Network of Iowa Christian Home Educators, which acts as a clearinghouse for all things Christian home-school-related. The [...]
It seems more and more likely that Arizona Sen. John McCain will skip the Iowa Caucuses. Today's death watch edition, coming off parts 1 and 2, is warranted because his Iowa campaign just lost two more important members: Tim Miller, McCain's Iowa press secretary, and Marlys Popma, McCain's Iowa Coalitions director. No news yet on [...]
Iowa Independent has been covering the ongoing White House debate over Iran. Up until now, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, who had argued for diplomacy, had won the president's ear. But now the Guardian reports that Vice President Dick Cheney, who supports military action against Iran, has won the day, at least for now: The [...]
With hopes of gaining the support of influential social conservatives for his presidential campaign, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney regularly denounces the “cesspool” of pornography on the campaign trail. But recently, those would be supporters have been grumbling that Romney did not do enough to shut down hardcore movie options in Marriott hotels while he [...]
On Thursday, Iowa Independent reported on the sharing of anecdotes between New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack. Now Time reports that Clinton is using a story on the campaign trail that strongly echoes one that former Vice President Al Gore has told before.
The coverage of Arizona Sen. John McCain's plummeting Iowa campaign continues today as the Des Moines Register reports that his staff is losing Ed Failor Jr. and Karen Slifka, two of his top Iowa consultants, in the wake of former campaign manager Terry Nelson's departure. "To me, the best person who could be running the [...]
[Commentary] Via Media Matters, the Des Moines Register recently suggested that New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton stole an anecdote from former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack, when, in fact, she fully credited him in retelling the story. Media Matters is right to point this out, though the watchdog group is wrong to say that therefore [...]
Here at Iowa Independent, we've been debating behind the scenes whether to call a time of death for Arizona Sen. John McCain's Iowa campaign. Some adamantly say yes, while others, including myself, have been a bit more reluctant. We've been following what surely looks like its demise here, here, here, and here. Dennis Goldford, a [...]
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