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Rod Boshart
Manages the Cedar Rapids Gazette’s Des Moines bureau. Sign up for the Business News newsletter.
Latest Articles by Rod Boshart
Government & Politics Jan. 16, 2020 5:45 pm2070d ago
DES MOINES – Iowans clashed Thursday over renewed efforts to restrict abortions in Iowa by amending the state constitution. Those …
Government & Politics Jan. 15, 2020 6:10 pm2071d ago
DES MOINES – Iowa lawmakers broke from the 2020 session starting line with a truckload of transportation-related changes designed to …
Government & Politics Jan. 15, 2020 5:33 pm2071d ago
DES MOINES – A state senator wants to make sure Iowa’s law requiring mandatory life prison sentences for Class A …
Government & Politics Jan. 15, 2020 9:35 am2071d ago
DES MOINES — Gov. Kim Reynolds called Tuesday on state lawmakers to take the first bold step into a new …
Government & Politics Jan. 14, 2020 6:02 pm2072d ago
DES MOINES – State legislators gave a cautious nod Tuesday to Gov. Kim Reynolds’s plan to push the state’s general …
Government & Politics Jan. 10, 2020 6:30 am2076d ago
Sixth in a series of articles about issues likely to come up for debate in the 2020 Iowa Legislature. DES …
Government & Politics Jan. 9, 2020 2:14 pm2077d ago
DES MOINES – State Auditor Rob Sand said Thursday his office’s efforts to track home health care services provided under …
Government & Politics Jan. 8, 2020 4:59 pm2078d ago
DES MOINES – Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate’s office has begun the process of rebuilding the state felon database …
Government & Politics Jan. 7, 2020 6:03 pm2079d ago
DES MOINES – Gov. Kim Reynolds said Tuesday it should not have been a surprise when the state notified a …
Government & Politics Jan. 7, 2020 12:13 pm2079d ago
DES MOINES – Donna Mueller, who has served as chief executive officer of the Iowa’s largest public employees’ pension fund …
Government & Politics Jan. 6, 2020 3:28 pm2080d ago
Second in a series of articles about issues likely to come up for debate in the 2020 Iowa Legislature. DES …
Government & Politics Jan. 3, 2020 5:06 pm2083d ago
DES MOINES – Iowa elected officials continue to leave their seemingly indelible marks on U.S. history books. First it was …
Government & Politics Dec. 26, 2019 7:22 pm2091d ago
DES MOINES – Seven men and five women have applied to the State Judicial Nominating Commission to fill the vacancy …
Government & Politics Dec. 23, 2019 6:59 pm2094d ago
DES MOINES – Legal costs associated with a discrimination case brought against former Gov. Terry Branstad and his administration continue …
Government & Politics Dec. 18, 2019 9:48 am2099d ago
DES MOINES – Gov. Kim Reynolds heard a range of appeals Tuesday for putting more focus on expanding Iowa’s workforce …