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Iowans for Hillary Clinton have announced their statewide Women’s Leadership Council, a group focused on increasing women’s participation in the upcoming caucus. “Through our social networks, community involvement, church groups and family ties we are determined to organize women who have attended the caucuses before and bring new women into the caucus process to support [...]

A desire for change is what Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama says he’s heard loud and clear while on the campaign trail in Iowa — and exactly what he’s prepared to provide to the American people. “I’ve had a terrific chance to travel — not just in the main urban areas like Des Moines [...]

EE is typically not the blog you want to visit if you are searching for gloom and doom. While plenty of dire alerts cross my email inbox each day, I try very hard to sift through them and only bring the most relevant and legitimate to the front of the pile. That being said, I [...]

Here’s your earworm: Kelly Clarkson, Breakaway I’ll spread my wings and I’ll learn to fly. I’ll do what it takes ’til I touch the sky. I’ll make a wish… Take a chance… Make a change… And breakaway. In other news, blogger Jill Stanek picked up the second post from my Helen Thomas interview from its [...]

First, hat tip to The Good Reverend. For those who don’t know, Girl Guides and Girl Scouts are essentially the same thing. The World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts recognizes at most one guiding organization per country, although some have several organizations that come together as one governing federation. With that bit of [...]

Peace activists in the Iowa City area have busily building a weekend of events for March for Peace. For more information on the marchers and the mission, check out our earlier post. At least two Cedar Rapids activists joined the marchers for several miles yesterday and there are plans throughout the corridor area for others [...]

Iowa Rep. Swati Dandekar, D-Marion, made it official this morning by announcing she will seek the state Senate seat currently held by Mary Lundby. Lundby announced Wednesday that she would seek a position on the Linn County Board of Supervisors instead of running for re-election. “I know that I have some big shoes to fill,” [...]

Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Chris Dodd dished out his plan for universal health care during a kitchen table discussion today in Marion at the home of Jerry and Marvalee Vuichard. “What I’m advocating is a totally universal program with 100 percent of the American people involved,” Dodd told the seven people gathered around the table. [...]

Today, Denise O’Brien, the 2006 Democratic nominee for Iowa Secretary of Agriculture, announced her support for former Sen. John Edwards during a community meeting in Atlantic. “Sen. Edwards comes from rural America and obviously hasn’t forgotten where he came from,” O’Brien said in a prepared statement. “I am endorsing him because of his strong support [...]

Veteran journalist Helen Thomas is worried about what she describes as the current “chipping away” of individual rights by the Bush administration and the U.S. Supreme Court.” “I’ve had my eyes and ears on the White House for years, and I’ve never seen it in worse shape,” Thomas said recently while in Des Moines where [...]