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With the filing periods for Linn County supervisor, sheriff or auditor looming just around the corner, several residents have already taken steps to request candidate packets from the Linn County Auditor’s office. March 3 is the first day for partisan candidates in the above races to file nomination papers for the offices listed above. Nomination [...]

Iowa’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate is up again — now at 4 percent for December 2007 — and has officials pointing to ripples from the housing crisis. “The statewide unemployment rate followed the national trend in December, and increased to the highest level for the year,” said Elisabeth Buck, director of Workforce Development. “The current [...]

In his first direct email to supporters since leaving the race for the White House, Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kansas, has used the 35th anniversary of Roe v. Wade as a fund-raising catalyst for his political action committee (PAC). The email, prepared and paid for by the Restore America PAC, a group identified as Brownback’s “leadership [...]

While millions of Americans are either celebrating or grieving the 35th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark Roe v. Wade decision today, 25-year-old Katie Wilkins credits the law for the 5-year-old girl playing outside her kitchen window. It’s been nearly six years since Wilkins, a recent college graduate, locked herself in her parents’ bathroom [...]

The text of statements, thus far received, in reference to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Congressman Bruce Braley: “On this day our nation reflects on the contributions of Martin Luther King, Jr. to the long struggle for civil rights in the United States. Because of Dr. King’s work, a nation where people are judge [...]

“If you want to be important, wonderful. If you want to be recognized, wonderful. If you want to be great, wonderful. But, recognize that he who is greatest among you will be your servant… You only need a heart full of grace, a soul generated by love, and you can be that servant.” – Dr. [...]

Reba McEntire, Is There Life Out There: It’s been too long since we’ve put together a Sunday post — the caucuses and personal health issues have taken their toll. Now that things are quieting down, you can look forward to this being a weekly feature again. There’s been a few new links added to the [...]

Here’s a story that’s guaranteed to warp the delicate balance of Penthouse letter readers worldwide. The Gazette reports the tale of police officer Kevin Sims, a man who went well beyond the call of duty. He accepted, in exchange for his silence on criminal matters, sexual favors from a woman he stopped late one night. [...]

Gov. Chet Culver is urging Iowans to take a deep, slow breath in response to an opinion filed by the Iowa Supreme Court Friday, which said a lesbian had the right to seek custody and visitation of adoptive children. The woman and her partner, the children’s biological mother, had separated. Although opponents of same-sex marriage [...]

Iowa Gov. Chet Culver, a former mentor and mentoring advocate, proclaimed January as Iowa Mentoring Month on Jan. 4. “Time spent with a child is not only an investment in that child but an investment in every Iowan,” said Culver in a prepared statement. The Iowa Mentoring Partnership, a state supported program organized by the [...]