Bleeding Heartland
Tuesday, Jul 6 2021
Catching up on some news from before the holiday weekend: a competitive Democratic primary is shaping up for an open Iowa Senate seat covering part of Cedar Rapids. Four-term State Representative Liz Bennett confirmed on June 30 that she will run for the district that State Senator Rob Hogg has represented since 2007. Hogg won’t seek re-election in 2022, he announced last month. Iowa has yet to adopt a new political map, but this district will cover some part of the city of Cedar Rapids.
Bennett is the ranking Democrat on the Iowa House Economic Growth Committee and a member of the Human Resources, Natural Resources, and Information Technology committees, as well as the Transportation, Infrastructure and Capitals Appropriations subcommittee. Having won four previous state legislative races, she will be the early favorite in the Iowa Senate primary.
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Posted Mar 1, 2021 9:00 am AMES, Iowa A week of events, lectures and panel discussions at Iowa State University will focus on women: their strengths, contributions and challenges faced. Women’s Week 2021, scheduled for March 8-12, is part of Women’s History Month, with the goal of empowering and highlighting strong women around the world. ISU Student Government created Women’s Week in recognition of the need to empower women to continue fighting for equity and to take on leadership positions. Anna Olson, senior director of communications for ISU Student Government and junior in journalism and mass communication from Boone, says talking with women from around the world through her internship with the Iowa Resource for International Service inspired the series of events. Olson coordinated with Eliana Crabb, director of outreach for ISU Student Government and senior in hospitality management from Kenosha, Wisconsin, to brainstorm a way to bring awareness to the status of w