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Rod Boshart
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Latest Articles by Rod Boshart
State Government Mar. 20, 2014 5:21 pm4200d ago
DES MOINES – Full speed ahead but with caution – that was the message state budget-makers got from Iowa’s revenue …
State Government Mar. 20, 2014 5:20 pm4200d ago
Fuel prices in Iowa appear to be leveling off at least for now. The price of mid-grade unleaded gasoline blended …
State Government Mar. 20, 2014 4:08 pm4200d ago
House Speaker Kraig Paulsen, R-Hiawatha, told reporters Thursday that a bipartisan agreement would come together yet this session on incentives …
State Government Mar. 20, 2014 4:07 pm4200d ago
An Iowa House GOP leader was noncommittal Thursday as to the fate of a Senate-passed anti-bullying bill in her chamber. …
State Government Mar. 20, 2014 4:05 pm4200d ago
Legislation to allow the new owner of the Iowa Speedway at Newton to continue receiving a state sales tax rebate …
State Government Mar. 19, 2014 6:07 pm4201d ago
The Iowa Leading Indicators Index increased 0.1 percent, but due to rounding, state Department of Revenue officials say it remained …
State Government Mar. 19, 2014 6:07 pm4201d ago
A three-member state panel will decide Friday whether a second drunken driving conviction constitutes an infamous crime that would disqualify …
State Government Mar. 19, 2014 6:07 pm4201d ago
A bipartisan group of 10 state senators are asking the Legislative Council to establish an interim panel to study the …
Mar. 19, 2014 7:45 am4201d ago
No lottery ticket sold in Iowa won Tuesday’s Mega Millions drawing, but two players did come within one number of …
News Mar. 18, 2014 4:32 pm4202d ago
DES MOINES – Legislative Democrats turned up the heat on Gov. Terry Branstad and his administration Tuesday, demanding access to …
News Mar. 18, 2014 3:20 pm4202d ago
DES MOINES – Legislation that could lead to a future increase in the per-bushel corn check-off if approved in referendum …
State Government Mar. 18, 2014 3:16 pm4202d ago
Internationally renowned opera singer Simon Estes is slated to speak and sing at the 53rd annual Iowa Prayer Breakfast to …
State Government Mar. 18, 2014 3:16 pm4202d ago
The Iowa Supreme Court announced on Wednesday that the justices will hear oral arguments in Toledo on April 9. Next …
State Government Mar. 18, 2014 3:15 pm4202d ago
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has awarded a total of $2,224,231.22 to the Iowa Governor’s …
News Mar. 18, 2014 11:46 am4202d ago
DES MOINES – The Iowa Senate voted 26-19 on Tuesday to approve a measure designed to make schools safer by …