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Rod Boshart
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Latest Articles by Rod Boshart
Government & Politics Jul. 23, 2010 11:53 am5537d ago
DES MOINES – About 16,000 Iowans could be eligible for additional unemployment benefits thanks to an extension passed by Congress …
Government & Politics Jul. 22, 2010 6:00 pm5538d ago
DES MOINES – A security breach at the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship potentially may have put the …
Government & Politics Jul. 22, 2010 3:39 pm5538d ago
DES MOINES – An Aurelia man is $455,000 richer today thanks to his good luck playing a state lottery scratch …
Government & Politics Jul. 22, 2010 2:36 pm5538d ago
DES MOINES – Frustrated state lawmakers today accused past officials of an embattled school board group of lying to cover …
Government & Politics Jul. 21, 2010 3:41 pm5539d ago
DES MOINES – Social service providers warned Wednesday that staff cutbacks and service reductions will be a likely outcome as …
Campaigns & Elections Jul. 20, 2010 3:16 pm5540d ago
DES MOINES – Iowa’s job losses in construction last month would have looked a lot worse had it not been …
Campaigns & Elections Jul. 16, 2010 3:35 pm5544d ago
DES MOINES – A nonpartisan taxpayer watchdog group Friday gave Iowa elected officials mixed reviews on the state’s fiscal 2011 …
Campaigns & Elections Jul. 16, 2010 11:15 am5544d ago
Des Moines Bureau DES MOINES – Potential independent or third-party candidates like Sioux City Republican Bob Vander Plaats or Des …
Campaigns & Elections Jul. 15, 2010 5:01 pm5545d ago
DES MOINES — Former Gov. Terry Branstad’s campaign manager said Thursday federal disclosure reports told him what he already knew …
Jul. 15, 2010 4:09 pm5545d ago
As head of the Mason City Chamber of Commerce, Robin Anderson said she knew a billboard erected in her town …
Campaigns & Elections Jul. 15, 2010 4:02 pm5545d ago
As head of the Mason City Chamber of Commerce, Robin Anderson said she knew a billboard erected in her town …
Government & Politics Jul. 15, 2010 1:12 pm5545d ago
DES MOINES – A state board Thursday agreed to invest $25,000 in a feasibility study for a proposed Iowa City …
Campaigns & Elections Jul. 13, 2010 3:39 pm5547d ago
AUDUBON – Former Gov. Terry Branstad is hoping to see a good crop of 2012 GOP presidential hopefuls stumping for …
Government & Politics Jul. 13, 2010 3:11 pm5547d ago
DES MOINES – The occupancy rate at Iowa’s nine prisons ended the fiscal year higher on June 30, following declining inmate populations …
Campaigns & Elections Jul. 12, 2010 5:49 pm5548d ago
ATLANTIC – Former Gov. Terry Branstad on Monday pledged that, if he is elected to a fifth term as governor …