Articles Tagged: Rob Sand

Iowa lawmakers continue to advance a proposal to fix a state error that's left property taxpayers on the hook for higher bills than expected, but could leave local governments short millions .

The City Council requested review from State Auditor Rob Sand after the city clerk resigned in 2020.

The department made the request during budget hearings with state lawmakers.

Fewer Iowans are interested in joining the Iowa National Guard than in past years, creating concerns over readiness and strength, the guard’s top general told the Iowa Legislature on Thursday.

Iowa Democratic Party Chairman Ross Wilburn will step down as leader of the party, after Democrats faced a drubbing in the midterm elections and a vote by national Democrats to strip Iowa of its first-in-the-nation caucuses.

A $1.2 billion deal the University of Iowa cemented in March 2020 for the private operation of its utilities system over the next 50 years amounts to the “largest financial obligation ever held by Iowa taxpayers,” State Auditor Rob Sand found in his four-year review of the blockbuster agreement.

$20M in federal pandemic funds will help build 91 homes

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Republican state auditor candidate Todd Halbur announced he is dropping his request for a statewide recount in his election contest with Democratic incumbent Auditor Rob Sand. Halbur said he did not have sufficient resources to proceed and claimed the Republican Party of Iowa would not help support the statewide recount.

Republicans ousted two 40-year Democratic incumbents and could have a clean sweep of statewide offices following a midterm election where the GOP further solidified its control over state government.

Candidates running for to serve as Iowa’s taxpayer watchdog both worked in state government and say they have demonstrated their ability to hold government agencies accountable for waste, fraud and abuse.

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Democratic Attorney General Miller has a competitive fundraising race, while Democratic Auditor Rob Sand is dominating his

The funding, made available through the bipartisan federal infrastructure law passed in 2021, will give grants to districts looking to swap old buses with more energy-efficient models.