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Rod Boshart
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Latest Articles by Rod Boshart
Government & Politics Mar. 12, 2014 12:34 pm4208d ago
URBANDALE – Republican Party of Iowa co-chairman Danny Carroll of Grinnell said Wednesday he wants to step in as the …
State Government Mar. 11, 2014 6:21 pm4209d ago
DES MOINES – A Senate subcommittee Tuesday passed a revamped version of legislation designed to create parameters for the use …
State Government Mar. 11, 2014 5:15 pm4209d ago
DES MOINES – The Iowa Senate voted 28-20 Monday to modify state drunken driving laws to allow first-time offenders the …
State Government Mar. 10, 2014 4:30 pm4210d ago
DES MOINES – Gov. Terry Branstad joined state tourism officials Monday in touting Iowa as a vacation destination even though …
State Government Mar. 10, 2014 2:19 pm4210d ago
DES MOINES – Gov. Terry Branstad said Monday he empathizes with people suffering from maladies who have come to the …
Campaigns & Elections Mar. 9, 2014 10:45 am4211d ago
Ames real estate broker A.J. Spiker has informed leaders of the Republican Party of Iowa that he is stepping down …
State Government Mar. 7, 2014 12:21 pm4213d ago
Iowans with questions about spring tree planting, Iowa’s forest health or the spread of the Emerald Ash borer can have …
State Government Mar. 6, 2014 3:27 pm4214d ago
Iowa Gov. Branstad has joined a lawsuit opposing California’s egg-production law that he contends discriminates against Iowa’s egg producers. Branstad, …
State Government Mar. 6, 2014 3:27 pm4214d ago
Legislative leaders welcome efforts to educate lawmakers about the medicinal merits of marijuana but the practice is not going to …
State Government Mar. 6, 2014 3:27 pm4214d ago
House Speaker Kraig Paulsen, R-Hiawatha, said the issue of providing state services for delinquent girls will survive next week’s legislative …
State Government Mar. 6, 2014 12:51 pm4214d ago
DES MOINES – Top leaders in the Senate and House said Thursday they have told both sides in an ongoing …
State Government Mar. 6, 2014 12:51 pm4214d ago
A Senate-passed bill seeking to crack down on adult social hosts who knowingly allow people under the legal drinking age …
Government & Politics Mar. 5, 2014 5:29 pm4215d ago
DES MOINES – Republican Joni Ernst, a state senator and Iowa National Guard officer seeking Iowa’s open U.S. Senate seat …
State Government Mar. 5, 2014 3:40 pm4215d ago
DES MOINES – Leaders in the split-control Legislature agreed Wednesday to an overall spending level for the fiscal 2015 budget …
Campaigns & Elections Mar. 5, 2014 8:46 am4215d ago
Wisconsin U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan, the 2012 Republican vice presidential nominee, will be the keynote speaker at the Republican Party …