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Rod Boshart
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Latest Articles by Rod Boshart
Government & Politics Mar. 17, 2020 4:16 pm2009d ago
JOHNSTON – Gov. Kim Reynolds called Monday on Iowans to temper their St. Patrick’s Day celebrating and practice good hygiene, …
Government & Politics Mar. 16, 2020 8:50 am2010d ago
DES MOINES – Gov. Kim Reynolds recommended Iowa schools close for four weeks and legislative leaders will suspend their 2020 …
Health Care and Medicine Mar. 16, 2020 8:26 am2010d ago
JOHNSTON – Gov. Kim Reynolds called on Iowans Saturday night to take more aggressive measures to limit the spread of …
Government & Politics Mar. 13, 2020 9:09 pm2012d ago
DES MOINES – Sports betting in Iowa went from $372 million over the last seven months to zero over the …
Government & Politics Mar. 12, 2020 6:48 pm2014d ago
DES MOINES – State revenue estimators took a measured view Thursday of the economy – the turmoil caused by stock …
Government & Politics Mar. 11, 2020 6:51 pm2015d ago
URBANDALE – GOP legislators want to make significant income tax cuts, provide property tax relief and fund new mental-health commitments, …
Government & Politics Mar. 11, 2020 7:26 pm2015d ago
DES MOINES – Iowa senators voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to clearly put counties in charge of their courthouses after chastising Judicial …
Government & Politics Mar. 11, 2020 5:02 pm2015d ago
DES MOINES – Backers of a bill to bequeath the status of Iowa’s state insect to the honeybee are hoping …
News Mar. 10, 2020 11:48 pm2015d ago
DES MOINES – The Iowa Senate passed legislation Tuesday intended to help businesses that provide communications services to expand access …
Government & Politics May. 27, 2022 12:29 pm1208d ago
DES MOINES – Daylight saving time arrives Sunday, but hopes some state lawmakers have for making it permanent in Iowa …
Government & Politics Mar. 4, 2020 8:07 pm2021d ago
DES MOINES – The Iowa Senate voted 44-3 Wednesday to strengthen the state’s animal cruelty laws. Senators forged a compromise …
Government & Politics Mar. 4, 2020 10:47 am2022d ago
DES MOINES – Able-bodied adults without school-aged children or dependents would be required to work, volunteer or perform charity work …
Government & Politics Mar. 2, 2020 4:04 pm2024d ago
DES MOINES – Iowans have effectively lost control of their government because of a judicial ‘overreach” to create abortion rights …
Government & Politics Mar. 2, 2020 10:35 pm2023d ago
DES MOINES – U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst said Monday she expects a tough reelection challenge but believes she has a …
News Feb. 27, 2020 9:30 pm2027d ago
DES MOINES – A bipartisan group of state senators voted Thursday to confirm Beth Skinner as Gov. Kim Reynolds’ choice …