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Lt. Gov. Patty Judge, while outlining the state’s response to the May 12 immigration raids on Agriprocessors in Postville, has called for the federal government to enact comprehensive immigration reform.
“I want to commend local officials and nonprofit organizations for their help during this difficult situation,” Judge said. “They have done an outstanding job, and we [...]

The news is both good and bad, but mostly bad. On average women in Iowa receive 78 cents for every dollar earned by a man. Ironically enough, this is an improvement — an increase from a similar report done in 1999, which found that women earned 73 cents on the dollar to their male counterparts.

It’s no secret that Iowa is one of only two states to never have elected a woman to serve in Congress or as governor. The fact was repeatedly thrust in Iowans’ faces as they weighed the engorged field of presidential hopefuls throughout 2007. While no one has ever been able to pinpoint an exact reason [...]

Women undergraduate students interested in attending a free five-day residential institute focused on public policy and leadership education have only two more days to submit their applications.
Iowa N.E.W. Leadership is a program sponsored by the Women’s Resource and Action Center at the University of Iowa. Sponsorships have been collected to cover the cost of food, [...]

When the state’s newest task force on nursing meets for the first time today, the vast majority of those in the room will be female. Women currently hold 26 seats on the 30-member commission.
While the percentage may seem high, only about 6 percent of all nurses nationally are male. Iowa’s percentage of male nurses ranks [...]

If you did not know that all flags in the state were to be blown at half staff on Saturday, you are not alone. I also am guilty of not knowing that Gov. Chet Culver had issued an executive order in honor of Army Sergeant Joseph Milledge, 23, a native of Glenwood who died on [...]

A healthier Iowa is only five steps away. That’s the message Lt. Gov. Patty Judge is hoping will spread throughout the state.
Judge and local pediatric nurse practitioner Sharon Yearous held a meeting Friday morning at Mercy Medical Complex in Cedar Rapids to provide the public a view of the recommendations that came out of Judge’s [...]

Lt. Gov. Patty Judge announced Thursday that the administration of Gov. Chet Culver was taking no position on whether or not campus police officers should be armed at Iowa’s three state universities.

At a Statehouse press conference, a security panel set up by Culver released its findings on arming campus police officers and improving campus security, [...]

(Editor’s Note: Carroll Daily Times Herald staff writer Douglas Burns is a freelance contributor to Iowa Independent. This story is published simultaneously in a Daily Times Herald farm section.)
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Dien Judge, 34, a [...]

State and federal officials claimed a major victory today in the battle against methamphetamine production in Iowa.
Law enforcement officials recently completed a project to install locks on tanks of anhydrous ammonia in all of Iowa's 99 counties.An anhydrous ammonia tank lock was demonstrated today at a press conference with state officials in Des Moines. Tracy [...]