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Rod Boshart
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Latest Articles by Rod Boshart
News Jun. 5, 2016 7:17 pm3391d ago
DES MOINES – A new study estimates that almost 1.6 million adult Iowans gambled during the past year, with almost …
Government & Politics Jun. 3, 2016 10:27 pm3393d ago
POLK CITY – Two farm policymakers – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack and Cuban Agriculture Minister Gustavo Rodriguez Rollero …
Jun. 2, 2016 1:00 am3394d ago
DES MOINES – May was a record-breaking month for state tax collections. Legislative Services Agency officials confirmed Wednesday that the …
News May. 24, 2016 2:59 pm3403d ago
DES MOINES – Thousands of stingless wasps are being enlisted to slow the onslaught of an imported pest attacking Iowa’s …
Campaigns & Elections May. 24, 2016 2:11 pm3403d ago
DES MOINES – Gov. Terry Branstad, who last week released his 2015 federal and state income tax information as a …
Campaigns & Elections May. 22, 2016 10:09 pm3405d ago
DES MOINES – Iowa Republicans, who for months were pulled 17 different ways by a plethora of presidential candidates sparring …
Campaigns & Elections May. 21, 2016 10:17 pm3406d ago
DES MOINES – Iowa Republicans worked Saturday to salve the bruises of bare-knuckle fight for the party’s presidential nomination by …
News May. 16, 2016 4:00 pm3411d ago
JOHNSTON – Gov. Terry Branstad criticized the Obama administration Monday for using a federal ‘overreach” in threatening to withhold education …
Campaigns & Elections May. 15, 2016 10:10 pm3412d ago
DES MOINES – The four Democrats competing for an opportunity to run against Sen. Chuck Grassley for a U.S. Senate …
Health Care and Medicine May. 11, 2016 5:29 pm3416d ago
DES MOINES – The three privately run managed care organizations now administering Iowa’s Medicaid system have received, processed and paid …
News May. 10, 2016 1:15 pm3417d ago
DES MOINES – Gov. Terry Branstad signed legislation Tuesday that would prohibit state funds from being invested in or contracted …
Campaigns & Elections May. 9, 2016 4:29 pm3418d ago
DES MOINES – A National Republican group launched an effort Monday to unify factions within the party around their 2016 …
Campaigns & Elections May. 9, 2016 3:44 pm3418d ago
DES MOINES – Gov. Terry Branstad is pitching Iowa Republican Sen. Joni Ernst as a possible running mate for presumptive …
Government & Politics May. 6, 2016 9:46 pm3421d ago
DES MOINES – Gov. Terry Branstad’s budget director said Friday that ‘softness” in personal income tax collections could mean state …
Government & Politics May. 6, 2016 9:43 pm3421d ago
DES MOINES – U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz opened a two-day swing through Iowa on Friday by praising the state’s …