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Rod Boshart
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Latest Articles by Rod Boshart
Government & Politics May. 20, 2020 7:20 pm1944d ago
JOHNSTON – Movies, culture and camping soon will be back on Iowans’ to-do lists but it will be at least …
Government & Politics May. 20, 2020 12:08 pm1945d ago
JOHNSTON – Gov. Kim Reynolds pointed to improving COVID-19 trend lines in hinting Tuesday she may be looking at lifting …
Government & Politics May. 18, 2020 8:13 pm1946d ago
JOHNSTON – Gov. Kim Reynolds expressed confidence Monday in her ‘phased-in” plan to jump start the state’s economy, saying Iowa …
Government & Politics May. 14, 2020 6:37 pm1950d ago
JOHNSTON – Gov. Kim Reynolds expressed confidence Thursday in Iowa’s ability to ‘manage and contain” the COVID-19 epidemic now that …
Business News May. 14, 2020 4:06 pm1951d ago
Unprecedented numbers of Iowa workers idled by an economic shutdown brought on by the coronavirus epidemic have been paid about …
Government & Politics May. 14, 2020 8:00 am1951d ago
DES MOINES – State Department of Transportation officials have unveiled a nearly $3.6 billion five-year transportation plan that includes more …
Government & Politics May. 12, 2020 8:18 pm1952d ago
JOHNSTON – After Tuesday’s false start, business owners, workers and residents in the 22 Iowa counties hardest hit by the …
Government & Politics May. 11, 2020 7:38 pm1953d ago
JOHNSTON – Gov. Kim Reynolds said she expects to spell out ways Tuesday of easing more restrictions on Iowans – …
Government & Politics May. 10, 2020 7:30 am1955d ago
DES MOINES – The Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission’s revenue report for April from the 19 state-licensed casinos is littered …
News May. 8, 2020 9:35 pm1956d ago
DES MOINES – More than 20 days after Iowa signed a $26 million contract with a Utah company to expand …
Government & Politics May. 6, 2020 8:13 pm1958d ago
DES MOINES – Iowa elementary and secondary schools will be permitted to start classes this fall before Aug. 23 but …
Government & Politics May. 6, 2020 10:20 am1959d ago
JOHNSTON – Gov. Kim Reynolds is spending today in Washington, D.C. for discussions of the global novel coronavirus epidemic and …
Government & Politics May. 6, 2020 2:46 pm1959d ago
JOHNSTON – On a day health officials reported the grim record of 19 coronavirus-related deaths in a 24-hour period, Gov. …
Government & Politics May. 1, 2020 7:45 pm1963d ago
DES MOINES – State tax collections took a nearly 39 percent hit in April, driving down current fiscal year tax …
Health Care and Medicine May. 1, 2020 9:23 pm1963d ago
JOHNSTON – Delays in Iowa’s COVID-19 testing results Friday frustrated efforts to get a better fix on the spread of …