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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 Dec. 18, 2018 6:35 pm2464d ago
DES MOINES – Rural Iowa needs more assistance from the state to address housing shortages and limited access to high-speed …
Government & Politics Dec. 17, 2018 7:23 pm2465d ago
DES MOINES – State negotiators on Monday offered 1 percent across-the-board wage increases for each of the next two fiscal …
Government & Politics Dec. 13, 2018 5:50 pm2469d ago
DES MOINES – Gov. Kim Reynolds and legislators face another relatively tight budget year, but not the prospects for more …
Government & Politics Dec. 12, 2018 5:11 pm2470d ago
DES MOINES – Attorneys for Iowa’s two largest public employee unions asked the state’s highest court Wednesday to strike down …
Government & Politics Dec. 11, 2018 7:28 pm2471d ago
DES MOINES – Gov. Kim Reynolds said Tuesday she plans to hold the first meeting of her 16-member teachers’ cabinet …
Government & Politics Dec. 11, 2018 7:17 pm2471d ago
DES MOINES – The changes inside Gov. Kim Reynolds’ evolving administration continued Tuesday with the governor announcing she was naming …
Government & Politics Dec. 10, 2018 7:54 pm2472d ago
DES MOINES – While state agencies’ budgets generally will be status quo, their leadership ranks won’t be as several top …
Government & Politics Dec. 7, 2018 5:04 pm2475d ago
DES MOINES – A state law restricting legal abortions based on detection of a fetal heartbeat would deny women’s fundamental …
Government & Politics Dec. 4, 2018 5:33 pm2478d ago
DES MOINES – Gov. Kim Reynolds and majority GOP legislators spent the 2018 election cycle boasting about Iowa’s growing economy …
Government & Politics Dec. 3, 2018 5:27 pm2479d ago
DES MOINES – Iowa’s 2018 general election results became official Monday with a 3-0 vote of the Iowa Board of …
Government & Politics Nov. 30, 2018 7:54 pm2482d ago
ALTOONA – Top legislative Republicans expect to continue looking at ways to improve Iowa’s income and property tax systems next …
Government & Politics Nov. 29, 2018 5:47 pm2483d ago
ALTOONA – Two top state officials Thursday pointed to the uncertainty caused by international trade talks and the depressed farm …
Government & Politics Nov. 26, 2018 7:39 pm2486d ago
DES MOINES – Iowa is making progress addressing structurally deficient bridges. Mark Lowe, director of the state Department of Transportation, …
Government & Politics Nov. 19, 2018 6:49 pm2493d ago
DES MOINES – The head of Iowa’s revenue department says she’s stoked over state income tax cuts that will begin …
Government & Politics Nov. 27, 2018 12:40 pm2485d ago
UPDATE (11/27): The ethics complaint filed against Democratic state Sen. Nate Boulton has been publicly released. You can view the …