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Rod Boshart
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Latest Articles by Rod Boshart
Government & Politics Jun. 29, 2019 1:00 am2272d ago
DES MOINES – Gov. Kim Reynolds says she is assembling a new team of key state agency leaders to take …
Government & Politics Jun. 28, 2019 3:21 pm2272d ago
DES MOINES – Illinois is slated to become the 11th U.S. state to legalize marijuana when dispensaries begin offering products …
Government & Politics Jun. 26, 2019 2:06 pm2274d ago
DES MOINES – Iowa lottery players apparently have taken former Hawkeye football coach Hayden Fry’s ‘scratch-where-it-itches” mantra to heart in …
Government & Politics Jun. 25, 2019 8:13 pm2275d ago
DES MOINES – Montana Gov. Steve Bullock will be on the outside looking in from Iowa when most of his …
News Jun. 23, 2019 8:00 am2277d ago
DES MOINES – The heart has left the Heartland for some Iowans. Preliminary 2018 demographic data compiled by the state …
Government & Politics Jun. 17, 2019 6:47 pm2283d ago
Two-term former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack said Monday it is critical that Congress ratify the proposed United States-Mexico-Canada, or USMCA, …
Government & Politics Jun. 17, 2019 2:33 pm2283d ago
DES MOINES – Gov. Kim Reynolds unveiled a marketing campaign Monday designed to ‘crash the myth” that Iowa isn’t a …
News Jun. 17, 2019 7:00 am2283d ago
DES MOINES – For many, a trip to the House of Lords in London to be honored with a rarely …
Government & Politics Jun. 15, 2019 5:21 pm2285d ago
By Rod Boshart and Erin Murphy, Lee-Gazette Des Moines Bureau BOONE — Joni Ernst revved up her 2020 U.S. Senate …
Government & Politics Jun. 15, 2019 6:59 pm2285d ago
DES MOINES – The 2020 campaign features an openly gay presidential candidate but that doesn’t mean it’s a slam dunk …
Government & Politics Jun. 12, 2019 8:48 am2288d ago
WEST DES MOINES – President Donald Trump came to Iowa on Tuesday to tout his trade and tariff strategies, calling …
Health Care and Medicine Jun. 7, 2019 9:28 pm2293d ago
DES MOINES – The number of surgically and medically induced abortions performed in Iowa dropped last year to the lowest …
Government & Politics Jun. 6, 2019 7:43 pm2294d ago
DES MOINES – Democratic presidential candidate John Hickenlooper warned Thursday the Trump administration ‘is hurtling us to another farm crisis” …
Government & Politics Jun. 5, 2019 12:28 pm2295d ago
DES MOINES – Gov. Kim Reynolds plans to thank President Donald Trump for federal flood aid when he’s in Iowa …
Government & Politics Jun. 4, 2019 5:52 pm2296d ago
DES MOINES – Construction industry officials are pooling their resources and partnering with schools, businesses and charities in hopes of …