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Rod Boshart
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Latest Articles by Rod Boshart
News Feb. 10, 2015 2:33 pm3872d ago
DES MOINES – Majority Democrats in the Iowa Senate voted Tuesday to boost base funding for elementary and secondary schools …
News Feb. 9, 2015 10:35 pm3873d ago
WEST DES MOINES – New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie told an Iowa crowd last night he will bring blunt, straight …
News Feb. 6, 2015 10:51 pm3876d ago
DES MOINES – Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul laid the groundwork for a possible 2016 Republican presidential bid Friday by offering …
State Government Feb. 5, 2015 4:27 pm3877d ago
DES MOINES – Senators expressed interest Thursday in revisiting an Iowa election law that allows delegates to political party conventions …
News Feb. 4, 2015 8:31 pm3878d ago
DES MOINES – Gov. Terry Branstad announced Tuesday he appointed Beth Townsend to be the permanent director of Iowa Workforce …
News Feb. 4, 2015 7:09 pm3878d ago
DES MOINES – Newly installed Iowa Public Safety Commissioner Roxann Ryan upgraded the definition of her dream job Wednesday. Ryan, …
Education Feb. 4, 2015 11:56 am3878d ago
DES MOINES – Representatives of Iowa education groups urged state senators Wednesday to ‘hold firm” in pressing for increased funding …
News Feb. 3, 2015 4:39 pm3879d ago
DES MOINES – Majority Democrats who control the Iowa Senate on Tuesday announced they will seek a 4 percent boost …
News Feb. 3, 2015 10:00 am3880d ago
DES MOINES – It would be illegal to make hand-held cellphone calls while driving, and texting while driving would become …
News Feb. 2, 2015 9:56 pm3880d ago
DES MOINES — Leaders of AARP Iowa released statewide survey results Monday they say indicate that most Iowans age 45 …
News Feb. 2, 2015 3:43 pm3880d ago
DES MOINES – Gov. Terry Branstad and Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds announced new initiatives Monday they hope will crack down …
News Feb. 2, 2015 8:50 am3881d ago
DES MOINES – State legislators want to avoid a potential situation where a successful fantasy sports gamer could confront the …
Feb. 2, 2015 12:00 am3881d ago
DES MOINES – State legislators want to avoid a situation where a successful fantasy sports gamer could confront Iowa law …
News Jan. 30, 2015 4:48 pm3883d ago
DES MOINES – State Treasurer Michael Fitzgerald, one of President Barack Obama’s earliest backers and top allies in Iowa, breathed …
News Jan. 30, 2015 1:55 pm3883d ago
DES MOINES – Republican Mitt Romney’s decision Friday to forego a 2016 presidential run further opens an already highly competitive …