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Rod Boshart
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Latest Articles by Rod Boshart
News May. 6, 2016 2:50 pm3421d ago
DES MOINES — Iowans crowded around two separate memorials Friday to honor law officers and soldiers who have died in …
Government & Politics May. 3, 2016 10:19 pm3424d ago
DES MOINES – A deeper-than-expected dip in April’s state revenue has raised worries for budget managers. But concerns may be …
News May. 2, 2016 2:38 pm3425d ago
DES MOINES – Gov. Terry Branstad gave the split-control Legislature passing marks Monday for producing a balanced budget that met …
Government & Politics Apr. 29, 2016 9:16 pm3428d ago
DES MOINES – The split-control Legislature forged hard-fought bipartisan deals on transportation, Medicaid oversight and abortion funding Friday but walked …
Government & Politics Apr. 29, 2016 12:48 am3428d ago
DES MOINES – Differences on state transportation funding and a philosophical stalemate over abortion-related policy slowed progress Thursday for legislative …
News Apr. 27, 2016 9:29 pm3430d ago
DES MOINES — State lawmakers were striking 11th-hour compromises Wednesday and throwing issues overboard for future consideration in their march …
Government & Politics Apr. 22, 2016 9:52 pm3435d ago
DES MOINES – The Iowa Senate approved a $1.836 billion health & human services budget plan Friday that would beef …
Sports Apr. 20, 2016 9:27 pm3437d ago
DES MOINES – Like a come-from-behind rally in the late innings, backers of a proposed baseball and softball complex in …
News Apr. 20, 2016 9:02 pm3437d ago
DES MOINES – Lawmakers continued their slow trek toward adjournment Wednesday with action on pieces of a $7.35 billion state …
Government & Politics Apr. 19, 2016 9:49 pm3438d ago
DES MOINES – The Iowa Senate passed a $1 billion higher education budget measure Tuesday that provided a slight funding …
Government & Politics Apr. 19, 2016 9:45 pm3438d ago
DES MOINES – Prospects continued to dim Tuesday for legislative agreement this session on a long-term approach to addressing Iowa’s …
News Apr. 19, 2016 2:59 pm3438d ago
DES MOINES – State park users and advocacy groups may be quizzed soon about their willingness to reimpose a fee …
Government & Politics Apr. 18, 2016 9:17 pm3439d ago
DES MOINES – A state sales tax incentive that would have aided the development of a proposed 17-field baseball and …
Government & Politics Apr. 18, 2016 7:29 pm3439d ago
DES MOINES – A Senate panel Monday approved almost $192.3 million in infrastructure projects for the next fiscal year and …
News Apr. 17, 2016 4:00 pm3440d ago
DES MOINES – It may go undetected in sleepy legislative chambers where clerks, pages, doorkeepers and lawmakers wait patiently for …