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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 Aug. 5, 2019 10:24 pm2234d ago
DES MOINES – Talk about bad timing. West Des Moines attorney Thomas Duff applied as a candidate for Gov. Kim …
Government & Politics Aug. 5, 2019 8:30 am2234d ago
DES MOINES – Workplace discrimination, harassment and retaliation by state employees were key factors in pushing the cost of legal …
News Aug. 2, 2019 8:02 pm2237d ago
ANKENY – A state panel Friday approved a recommendation to drop untreatable pain and instead list a more-easily defined chronic …
Government & Politics Aug. 1, 2019 11:29 am2238d ago
DES MOINES – Kraig Paulsen, a former Republican speaker of the Iowa House who represented Hiawatha in the Iowa House …
News Jul. 31, 2019 12:18 am2240d ago
WEST DES MOINES – Legal sports wagering in Iowa is a step closer to reality with Tuesday’s unanimous adoption of …
News Jul. 30, 2019 4:25 pm2240d ago
DES MOINES – Aug. 15 at noon. That’s when gamblers in Iowa can place their first legal wager on professional …
Government & Politics Jul. 29, 2019 7:30 am2241d ago
DES MOINES – State officials are organizing a meeting of social services agencies, not-for-profits and community leaders next month to …
News Jul. 25, 2019 4:58 pm2245d ago
DES MOINES – Sixteen Iowans – nine men and seven women – have applied to fill the vacancy on the …
Government & Politics Jul. 22, 2019 6:07 pm2248d ago
DES MOINES – The Iowa Executive Council voted 4-0 Monday to approve a request that the state buy an office …
Government & Politics Jul. 22, 2019 7:00 am2248d ago
DES MOINES – During the 2019 legislative session, lawmakers approved Senate File 599, which opens the door for commercial hemp …
Government & Politics Jul. 17, 2019 11:34 am2253d ago
DES MOINES – Iowans nearly wore out their ‘Gone fishing” signs last year. Iowa anglers fished a total of 10.5 …
Government & Politics Jul. 15, 2019 9:32 pm2255d ago
DES MOINES – Four Democrats running for president pledged Monday to keep Social Security solvent for senior citizens by raising …
Government & Politics Jul. 15, 2019 7:15 am2255d ago
DES MOINES – Iowa’s state-licensed casinos weathered a tough financial year marred by flooding – especially in western locations – …
Government & Politics Jul. 5, 2019 7:15 pm2265d ago
DES MOINES – There is bipartisan agreement at the Statehouse that Iowa should keep its nonpartisan approach to drawing boundaries …
Government & Politics Jul. 2, 2019 7:30 am2268d ago
DES MOINES – State government started its new fiscal year Monday awash in black ink. State tax collections for fiscal …