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.
“I’m not going to break with that resolution that was passed by the conference. That’s where we are today. That doesn’t mean that I can’t be supportive of an idea or a project, and it doesn’t mean I can’t have those conversations with our senators who will be in a position to make those kind of requests,” said U.S. Rep. Steve King, R-Kiron.
“The question isn’t whether the president is a socialist. It becomes what’s to the left of socialists,” said U.S. Rep. Steve King, R-Kiron.
With Republican Rod Roberts’ decision to not run for re-election in House District 51, the big question remains: Who will run to succeed the highly popular legislator who has held a stranglehold on the seat for a decade.
“I just think we need a new direction for Iowa and a new focus in the attorney general’s office,” said Brenna Findley, Republican candidate for Iowa attorney general.
In attacking former Republican Gov. Terry Branstad, and vowing not to support him if he wins his party’s nomination for a fifth term this June, the Iowa Family Policy Center could be opening the door for another candidate – state Rep. Rod Roberts, R-Carroll.
DES MOINES — Gov. Chet Culver Tuesday morning delivered a Condition of the State address in which he carefully couched Iowa’s position as “resilient” amid a global economic downturn.
U.S. Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, told The Des Moines Register that he tried to get John McCain to ease up on the ethanol attacks and frame the debate in a different way that wouldn’t alienate farmers. King thinks McCain’s vocal opposition to ethanol subsidies played a role in the Arizona Republican’s poor performance in Iowa.
Former Gov. Tom Vilsack, a Democrat who was one of Hillary Clinton’s most outspoken advocates in the caucuses, and long-time former Congressman Jim Leach, a Republican who broke with his party to support Barack Obama, are both getting mentions in major national publications as potential selection for Secretary of Agriculture. Obama is widely reported to [...]
“We finally got a man who I think really showed some intelligence,” said Butch Heisterkamp, chairman of the Carroll County Democratic Party, as he reflected on President-elect Barack Obama’s local success.
Following his commanding re-election Tuesday U.S. Rep, Steve King, R-Iowa, told the Omaha World-Herald that the night was a bittersweet one as he retains concerns that President-elect Barack Obama ascendency to the highest office in the nation will embolden foreign terrorists to do harm to the United States. In highly controversial remarks in the campaign [...]
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