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Rod Boshart
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Latest Articles by Rod Boshart
Campaigns & Elections Oct. 5, 2010 9:35 am5463d ago
Former Gov. Terry Branstad on Tuesday proposed state tax waivers and tuition tax credits to encourage entrepreneurs to start up …
News Oct. 4, 2010 5:54 pm5464d ago
Former Gov. Terry Branstad said Monday that wages and benefits being paid to state employees are outpacing the private sector …
Government & Politics Oct. 1, 2010 3:26 pm5467d ago
Gov. Chet Culver knows he’s already got a vote in the bank. Culver, a first-term Democrat who is locked in …
Campaigns & Elections Oct. 1, 2010 1:37 pm5467d ago
Iowa GOP Chairman Matt Strawn joined two Republican candidates for statewide office Friday in demanding that State Treasurer Mike Fitzgerald …
Weather Aug. 31, 2010 4:07 pm5498d ago
The 2010 tornado season in Iowa has blown by without much fanfare. While many parts of Iowa have been pounded …
Aug. 29, 2010 12:05 pm5500d ago
Iowa’s judicial retention system is ‘under attack,’ the state’s court administrator says, and its future may depend upon those who …
Aug. 28, 2010 9:15 am5501d ago
Iowa officials were given generally positive marks Friday by federal regulators who reviewed the state’s child-warfare system, but now face …
Aug. 24, 2010 3:51 pm5505d ago
For the first time since a new state law took effect July 1, the Iowa labor commissioner has halted a …
Aug. 23, 2010 3:05 pm5506d ago
Attendance for the just-completed 2010 Iowa State Fair slipped below the 1 million mark for the first time in nine …
K-12 Education Aug. 23, 2010 12:17 pm5506d ago
A third-grade teacher at a Waukee Community School District elementary school is the 2011 Iowa teacher of the year. Gov. …
Aug. 19, 2010 8:19 pm5510d ago
An independent candidate running for governor in Iowa Thursday called for eliminating state income tax on overtime hours worked by …
Aug. 6, 2010 5:02 pm5523d ago
Gov. Chet Culver on Friday issued an executive order creating a task force whose members will be charged with developing …
Campaigns & Elections Aug. 6, 2010 11:30 am5523d ago
DES MOINES – Former Republican gubernatorial candidate Bob Vander Plaats today ruled out an independent bid for governor in the …
Campaigns & Elections Aug. 4, 2010 4:45 pm5525d ago
DES MOINES – Gov. Chet Culver promised Wednesday to push for a major new investment in education if re-elected in …
Government & Politics Aug. 3, 2010 12:40 pm5526d ago
DES MOINES – Former Gov. Terry Branstad’s campaign Tuesday accused Gov. Chet Culver of using a “sleight of hand” to …