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Rod Boshart
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Latest Articles by Rod Boshart
Government & Politics Apr. 2, 2020 7:04 pm1992d ago
DES MOINES – Leaders in the Iowa Legislature announced plans Thursday to extend the ‘pause” in their 2020 session until …
Business News Apr. 2, 2020 2:37 pm1993d ago
DES MOINES – The number of Iowans seeking government unemployment benefits after losing their jobs due to the coronavirus pandemic …
Government & Politics Apr. 1, 2020 7:03 pm1993d ago
DES MOINES – State tax collections took a 9.1 percent plunge last month, but the decline was not due to …
Government & Politics Apr. 1, 2020 2:04 pm1994d ago
DES MOINES – Iowa’s largest public employees’ retirement fund took a $6.4 billion hit when the COVID-19 pandemic and other …
Government & Politics Apr. 1, 2020 4:04 pm1994d ago
JOHNSTON – Another Iowan died and more residents tested positive Tuesday for the coronavirus, a tally now approaching 500 confirmed …
Government & Politics Mar. 31, 2020 4:43 pm1995d ago
JOHNSTON – Gov. Kim Reynolds said Monday Iowa continues to see more positive test results and deaths associated with the …
Health Care and Medicine Mar. 27, 2020 7:32 pm1998d ago
JOHNSTON – Iowa’s death toll from the novel coronavirus has risen to at least three elderly individuals as the virus …
Business News Mar. 26, 2020 6:57 pm1999d ago
DES MOINES – Waiters, bartenders and hotel employees are among the workers idled in the novel coronavirus pandemic most driving …
Mar. 26, 2020 4:19 am2000d ago
JOHNSTON — Gov. Kim Reynolds said Wednesday there’s no need to impose stringent shelter-in-place restrictions as long as Iowans continue …
Government & Politics Mar. 25, 2020 6:13 pm2001d ago
DES MOINES – Iowa Democratic Party officials say they are using Wednesday’s six-year anniversary of Iowa Republican Sen. Joni Ernst’s …
Government & Politics Mar. 25, 2020 12:27 pm2001d ago
DES MOINES – Officials with the Iowa Department of Public Health report today that 21 additional positive cases of Iowans …
Business News Mar. 23, 2020 7:39 pm2002d ago
JOHNSTON – Iowa officials are making $4 million in state assistance available to adversely impacted small businesses, especially those in …
Health Care and Medicine Mar. 23, 2020 12:40 pm2003d ago
DES MOINES – Iowa has added another 15 positive cases of novel coronavirus, bringing the total to 105, according to …
Government & Politics Mar. 19, 2020 6:38 pm2006d ago
DES MOINES – The nearly 1.5 million people who annually file an Iowa income tax return will get more time …
Government & Politics Mar. 18, 2020 11:59 am2008d ago
DES MOINES – Gov. Kim Reynolds on Tuesday declared a statewide public health disaster emergency that includes limiting gatherings to …