Dandekar Leads National Women Legislators Role Amid Rise
Marion state Senator Swati Dandekar accelerates political leadership, chairing the National Foundation for Women Legislators and serving as president of the National Order of Women Legislators. Her Iowa House tenure began in 2002 as the first person of Indian origin elected to the chamber. Matt Stutzman, born without arms, from Richland, pursues Olympic archery. Boeing wins a $30 billion refueling tanker contract, boosting Cedar Rapids firm Rockwell Collins and related Iowa jobs.
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Swati Dandekar
National Foundation For Women Legislators
Dandekar
National Order of Women Legislators
NFWL
Iowa
Boeing
Defense Department
Rockwell Collins
Cedar Rapids
Rockwell
Gomers Story Takes Turn Amid Animal Care Struggles
Since 1997 a Cedar Rapids woman has lost or surrendered nearly 300 animals, with at least 140 in the last two weeks. Authorities cite unsanitary conditions and rising shelter burdens while noting her good intentions.
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Jennifer Wood
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Officials Face Critique Over Budget and Projects
Reader letters condemn city spending on an event center while describing a strained budget, urging ground-up improvements. The mix touches on public records, university policies, medical marijuana debates, and same sex marriage rights, naming Cedar Rapids and Mount Vernon authors.
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Cedar Rapids
Stephen) Reid
Public unions differ from private ones and bear political risk
The piece argues government unions are political actors, not labor battles like private unions. It cites Walker’s Wisconsin reform push, claims unions seek pensions and bargaining rights while politicians fund campaigns, and critiques grand claims about unequal outcomes and education spending. It concludes with a columnist wishful note and a reader comment.
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Madison
Wis
Scott Walker
Party of Government
Wisconsin
Iene Public Inter
FDR
Cato Institute
Michael Tanner
Walker
Vision of a Mercy education at Mount Mercy University
Christopher Blake writes on Mercy Catholic higher education across 16 universities, describing CMHE oversight and the Mercy charism. He highlights faith and reason, diverse faiths, and a pluralistic community where students grow in mind body and spirit within a Catholic Mercy mission.
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Sisters of Mercy
Mount Mercy
Cedar Rapids
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National Conference For Mercy Higher Education
CMHE
Institute of the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas
Mercy University
Mercyhighered.org
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