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Late Wednesday night, following a special nominating convention, Linn County committee persons in Cedar Rapids precincts 1 through 11 chose Kirsten Running-Marquardt as their candidate in the special Iowa House District 33 race that is scheduled for Nov. 24. Two days later, Running-Marquardt has issued her first official campaign statement, pledging to make flood recovery [...]

A couple of press releases — one from U.S. Rep. Leonard Boswell (Iowa-3rd) and the other from U.S. Rep. Dave Loebsack (Iowa-2nd) — arrived in my e-mail box yesterday and deserve a note here. Loebsack has co-sponsored a U.S. House resolution in support of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, while Boswell has introduced the Armed Forces [...]

I have this thing about traditions. That is, I’m not one of those individuals who will follow a tradition because It has “always been done that way.” This story from Newsweek is one of the primary reasons why: One day, when Sila Folow was an 8-year-old girl living in Mali, four elderly women held her [...]

I’m down with the flu this week, so posting will be sparse, if at all. Still, if you haven’t seen the “Target Women” series by Sarah Haskins of Current TV, it’s well worth a look. (Well, at least it made me — a woman feeling near death, mind you — laugh out loud.) Enjoy!

A new study provides the proof of what many have already known to be true: Restricting the availability of legal abortion services does not reduce the number of women attempting to end unwanted pregnancies. In fact, the survey conducted by the Guttmacher Institute found that abortion occurs at roughly the same rate in regions regardless [...]

WomenCount, a nonprofit political organization that works to give women a voice in the political process, interviewed Cedar Rapids resident, flood victim and (only female) City Council candidate Kathy Potts. Listen to internet radio with WomenCount on Blog Talk Radio The same group also interviewed Iowa Rep. Mary Mascher. WomenCount is an excellent resource for [...]