San Leandro Vice Mayor Deborah Cox has been selected to serve as a 2018 California State Director for the National Foundation for Women Legislators (NFWL). In her new role, Vice Mayor Cox will be responsible for collaborating with other elected women throughout California, to ensure all elected women have access to NFWL’s top-quality resources. NFWL […]

A group of Democratic legislators on Thursday urged the General Assembly to approve a package of bills aimed at helping small businesses and training young people for good-paying jobs that don’t require a college degree. At a news conference led by Del. Matthew James of Portsmouth, the lawmakers discussed several bills relating to workforce development […]

The City Council approved a resolution marking March 19 as “Celebrating Women in Public Office Day.” “Recognizing women in public office will bring awareness to the fundamental necessity of their work and will inspire other young people to serve their communities,” said City Council President Todd A. McGee, who proposed and read the resolution Tuesday […]

Starting in 2018, local Rep. Linda Joy Sullivan will represent Vermont as a state director in the National Foundation for Women Legislators. The organization, which has provided resources and support to elected women since 1938, includes over 5,000 women working at the state, county and municipal levels. According to Sullivan, her leadership role in the […]

And women — young ones, at that — were hastening to fill positions of public influence and distinguishing themselves in offices already gained. Prominent among the latter were two Memphis state representatives, Raumesh Akbari, named Legislator of the Year by the National Black Caucus of State Legislators and Woman of the Year by the National […]

Lorraine Hatcher, Riverside’s new mayor, was among 34 women honored by the National Foundation for Women Legislators, based in Alexandria, Virginia, at its 2017 Elected Women of Excellence Awards ceremony on Nov. 14 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The award was established in 2013 as part of the foundation’s 75th anniversary celebration to honor the hard work […]

NICHOLS, S.C. (WPDE) — The Nichols Library got one step closer to reopening. Katrina’s Kids founder state Senator Katrina Shealy presented a Walmart community grant for $1,000 to the Marion County Library System Tuesday. The grant is to help refurbish the children’s section of the Nichols Library. The library has been closed since Hurricane Matthew. Officials […]

ATLANTA – State Representative Sandra Scott (D-Rex) was recently named the 2018-2020 Parliamentarian by the National Foundation of Women Legislators (NFWL). Rep. Scott was sworn in as the NFWL Parliamentarian on November 16, 2017, at NFWL’s annual conference in Minneapolis. [Attachment] ‘Thank you, NFWL, for appointing me to serve as Parliamentarian,’ said Rep. Scott. ‘I’ve […]

State Rep. Linda Massimilla, D-Littleton, stands with youth enrolled in the Head Start Littleton program who recently received backpacks for school donated through a partnership between Office Depot and the National Foundation for Women Legislators. (Courtesy photo) For the second year, 150 students in Littleton, Bethlehem, and Lisbon received donated backpacks for school through a […]

Environment and Natural Resource Policy and Legacy Finance Chair Senator Carrie Ruud (R- Breezy Point) was named Legislator of the Year by the Minnesota Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts for her work in preserving Minnesota’s environment during the 2017 legislative session. Senator Ruud was a dedicated supporter of the Minnesota Association of Soil […]