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As he shepherds and tracks several energy bills being funneled to committees in the state Legislature before next week’s cutoff date, Sen Rob Hogg, D-Cedar Rapids, praised Gov. Chet Culver’s energy policies:
“Governor Culver has done an outstanding job on his advocacy for what he calls the next-generation energy economy … There might be some people [...]

Gov. Chet Culver called on the legislature Monday to approve a series of health care initiatives that will improve access to health care while lowering costs to Iowans.

“We must expand access to health care, lower health care costs and work toward the goal of giving all Iowans access to the same quality health care guaranteed [...]

Iowa is on the cusp of becoming the “Silicon Valley of the Midwest,” and interest in developing businesses related to renewable fuels is high, Iowa Gov. Chet Culver said Wednesday.

“We’ve made a good name for ourselves across the nation and around the world in terms of being very serious about job creation and leading the [...]

Iowa Gov. Chet Culver will hold a public ceremony on Tuesday to sign the new allowable growth bill, the first major legislation passed by the legislature this session. The ceremony will be held in Culver’s formal office at the statehouse at 3:30 p.m.

Lawmakers voted last week to increase the amount of state aid to schools [...]

Iowa Gov. Chet Culver and legislative leaders agreed Monday to exempt federal rebate checks from state income tax, a move that would mean that most of the $1.5 billion Iowa taxpayers would receive as part of the federal stimulus package would flow back into the economy.

Culver said his meeting with lawmakers in both parties was [...]

Some Iowa political heavy-hitters joined forces in Washington, D.C., Wednesday to push for passage of the renewable fuels provisions in the 2007 Farm Bill.
Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, was joined by Iowa Republican colleague Sen. Chuck Grassley and Iowa Gov. Chet Culver for a press conference in which they highlighted the importance of [...]

A decision on a proposed annexation to Waterloo is expected Oct. 11. The City Development Board, a state commission, tabled a vote on the proposal after a five-hour hearing in Waterloo last week, giving members time to consider whether the annexation would comply with state law.

The area proposed for annexation can be seen below [...]

The words “interim study group” don’t tend to inspire “American Idol” interest from voters.

But State Rep. Rod Roberts, R-Carroll, said a pre-session committee eyeing the state’s transportation infrastructure needs promises to be closely watched as it begins meeting later this month.

“The public’s interest is even more focused on what we’re going to do because of [...]

[Video] In 1930, Merle Bell was born in the same house where his grandparents died, on the same farm, the same 40 acres where he and his family, as he puts it, “sustained,” themselves through the Great Depression.

It’s also the same acreage that the city of Waterloo may annex to build a 750-megawatt coal plant.  [...]

A total of $425,700 will be distributed by Iowa’s Renewable Fuels Infrastructure Board to increase access to E-85 and biodiesel in the state.
Gov. Chet Culver announced 18 new awards by the board to help 16 Iowa retailers to install pumps for E-85 ethanol and biodiesel fuel, terminals installing biodiesel blending equipment and tank wagons with [...]