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.
Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey isn’t quite done with the priorities he set for himself when he was first elected to office, but that isn’t stopping him from adding to the list.
Lack of Iowa oceanfront property hasn’t stopped one local environmental group from praising a decision by federal officials to protect key American coastlines from new oil and gas drilling.
An October investigation at a Des Moines U.S. Postal Service processing and distribution facility has led to two alleged serious and one alleged repeated violation of federal workplace safety standards, and a proposed fine of $46,200 against the Iowa center.
As one of Gannett Company, Inc.’s largest worksites, The Des Moines Register, has mostly been spared from the most recent round of employee cuts — at least until Monday. Publisher Laura Hollingsworth informed participants at a late afternoon staff meeting Monday, according to the Gannett Blog, that four employees had been laid off, and continued [...]
Incumbent Democratic state Treasurer Michael Fitzgerald kept his seat over Republican opponent Dave Jamison, with 1574 of 1774 precincts reporting.
Republican Matt Schultz is the new Secretary of State, defeating incumbent Democratic Secretary of State Michael Mauro Tuesday night.
Before an energetic crowd of several hundred Republican supporters at the Hy Vee Conference Center in West Des Moines, Gov.-Elect Terry Branstad gave a rousing speech, thanking his supporters for his clear victory over incumbent Democratic Gov. Chet Culver.
With 961 precincts reporting, seven-term Democratic incumbent Tom Miller beat Republican opponent Brenna Findley to retain his position as Iowa Attorney General. Miller garnered 57 percent of the vote.
A new television ad attacking 1st District Republican candidate Ben Lange on his Social Security positions is anything but subtle. Showing images of elderly Iowans working as construction workers, taxi drivers or firefighters, the 30-second spot aims to warn seniors of a possible rise in the retirement age or dissolution of their Social Security funds.
When former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin visited the Hawkeye State last month, most political observers took it as a sign the 2008 vice presidential nominee was ready to get serious about a 2012 run. Not so, says a source close to U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley.
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