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.
It appears that the the latest round of negotiations between American Crystal Sugar and roughly 1,300 locked-out union workers have not produced an agreement.
Ethanol production in the United States may contribute to shrinking food stocks and rising food prices, experts warn. Following the food crisis of 2008, experts say the increasing dedication of crops to fuel may lead to future malnutrition and starvation around the globe.
Lisa Jackson, administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, has a few things to say to Republicans hoping to curtail or eliminate the agency and citizens observing the political spectacle. Americans, she said, must once again stand up for their right to clean air and water.
BILL NORTHEY RELEASE — Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey today commented on the Iowa Crops and Weather report released by the USDA National Agricultural Statistical Service. The report is released weekly from April through October.
WILTON — There was a dust, bees and wasps, homemade food, plastic chairs and tables, a John Deere tractor in the background, a tent to block the sun, a couple off-color mother-in-law jokes and lots of politics. In short, it was quintessential Iowa — and attendees said Texas Gov. Rick Perry looked right at home.
About 180 jobs are coming to the Fort Dodge area thanks to a $324 million investment from South Korean company CJ Cheiljedang, but a state senator says Gov. Terry Branstad is still way behind on his campaign promise to create 200,000 new jobs over five years.
Iowa’s jobless rate fell to 6 percent in September from 6.1 percent in August, but the number of working Iowans is down and so is the level of nonfarm employment.
The White House announced Friday that it will nominate Thomas M. Hoenig, a native of Fort Madison, to the position of vice-chairman of the board of directors for the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
Congress targets abortion for the second week in a row on Thursday, when the U.S. Senate is expected to debate an amendment recently filed by South Carolina’s Jim DeMint to a funding bill. If successful, the amendment would ban telemedicine discussions of abortion.
U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin, like most committee leaders, submitted suggestions to the 12-member Super Committee that is tasked with slashing $1.5 trillion from the federal government. Unlike most Democratic leaders, however, Harkin provided push-back against deficit reduction recommendations made earlier by the Obama administration.
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