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Rod Boshart
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Latest Articles by Rod Boshart
News May. 5, 2015 3:00 am3789d ago
DES MOINES – With the legislative session going into overtime with no agreement on a state budget, Gov. Terry Branstad …
News May. 5, 2015 12:25 am3789d ago
DES MOINES – State officials Monday agreed to pay a $7 million piece of the $131 million cost of building …
News May. 3, 2015 10:06 pm3790d ago
DES MOINES – Belt-tightening efforts at the Statehouse just got personal. Legislators will be living on their own dime when …
News May. 1, 2015 11:23 pm3792d ago
DES MOINES – State revenue is approaching the 5.5 percent growth estimate heading into the biggest tax collection month of …
News May. 1, 2015 7:40 pm3792d ago
DES MOINES – With a quarter of Iowa’s laying hens doomed from bird flu, Gov. Terry Branstad declared a state …
News May. 1, 2015 3:45 pm3792d ago
DES MOINES – The Iowa Department of Human Services has a new state director for its Medicaid program. DHS Director …
News May. 1, 2015 1:27 pm3792d ago
DES MOINES – MidAmerican Energy announced Friday it has filed plans with the Iowa Utilities Board for the development of …
News May. 1, 2015 6:07 pm3792d ago
DES MOINES – Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds heard complaints this week from businesses about high taxes and stifling government regulation …
News Apr. 30, 2015 10:57 pm3793d ago
DES MOINES – Leaders of the split-control Legislature are hitting Friday’s target date for adjournment of the 2015 session far …
News Apr. 30, 2015 2:46 pm3793d ago
DES MOINES – A Senate panel Thursday approved a state sales tax hike to generate money that would be earmarked …
News Apr. 30, 2015 12:20 am3794d ago
DES MOINES – March fuel tax collections increased by 24 percent. But state officials say the 10-cent per gallon increase …
News Apr. 27, 2015 10:51 pm3796d ago
DES MOINES – Former Virginia Sen. Jim Webb made a pitch to Iowans on Monday in hopes of generating the …
News Apr. 27, 2015 10:44 pm3796d ago
DES MOINES – State lawmakers began the trench work Monday of assembling competing state budget plans that eventually they hope …
News Apr. 27, 2015 8:03 pm3796d ago
PLEASANT HILL – Teachers and administrators at Southeast Polk School District told Gov. Terry Branstad on Monday a $2.2 million …
News Apr. 24, 2015 7:35 pm3799d ago
DES MOINES – Misty Davis of Cedar Rapids hopes a bill Gov. Terry Branstad signed into law Friday will let …