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Rod Boshart
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Latest Articles by Rod Boshart
Government & Politics Mar. 28, 2018 12:56 pm2729d ago
DES MOINES – Gov. Kim Reynolds signed 23 bills into law Wednesday, including a stopgap measure intended to erase a …
Government & Politics Mar. 28, 2018 8:56 am2729d ago
DES MOINES – Legislation that will allow multiple small businesses and associations to offer health coverage plans – which don’t …
Government & Politics Mar. 22, 2018 6:25 pm2735d ago
DES MOINES – An effort to provide taxpayer-funded accounts to parents enrolling their kids in private schools was hailed Thursday …
Government & Politics Mar. 22, 2018 12:48 am2736d ago
DES MOINES – Legislation intended to erase a projected general fund shortfall and keep the state budget balanced through June …
Government & Politics Mar. 22, 2018 8:17 am2736d ago
DES MOINES – State lawmakers want Iowa voters to decide whether they want to strengthen their gun rights. Following the …
Government & Politics Mar. 21, 2018 8:55 pm2736d ago
DES MOINES – Jerry Foxhoven, who for the last nine months has guided the state’s controversial privatized Medicaid program and …
Government & Politics Mar. 21, 2018 8:49 pm2736d ago
DES MOINES – The Iowa Senate on Wednesday unanimously backed legislation now headed to Gov. Kim Reynolds’ desk that will …
Government & Politics Mar. 21, 2018 8:26 am2736d ago
DES MOINES – Legislation is on its way to Gov. Kim Reynolds’ desk that would expand access to telemedicine, especially …
Government & Politics Mar. 21, 2018 10:26 am2736d ago
DES MOINES – Senate Republicans essentially started a ‘do over” bill Tuesday in hopes of keeping alive an effort to …
Government & Politics Mar. 19, 2018 6:31 pm2738d ago
DES MOINES – Gov. Kim Reynolds’ top legislative priority of upgrading Iowans’ workforce skills is headed to her desk for …
Government & Politics Jan. 17, 2022 10:34 am1338d ago
DES MOINES – The newly selected Senate Republican leadership team of Jack Whitver of Ankeny as majority leader and Charles …
Government & Politics Mar. 13, 2018 8:45 pm2744d ago
DES MOINES – The Iowa Senate voted 39-10 Tuesday to approve a House-passed bill that would award the state’s student …
Government & Politics Mar. 13, 2018 5:06 pm2744d ago
DES MOINES – Majority GOP senators regrouped Tuesday following the surprise exit of their floor leader and promised to finish …
Government & Politics Jan. 21, 2022 2:54 pm1334d ago
DES MOINES – Majority Senate Republicans vowed to have a new floor general by Wednesday to finish out a legislative …
Government & Politics Mar. 12, 2018 9:50 pm2745d ago
DES MOINES – Hours after a video was posted online appearing to show Senate Majority Leader Bill Dix kissing a …