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Iowa job decline slows in April

By Jason Hancock 5/22/09

“The pace of job losses slowed in April, suggesting that the Iowa economy may be in the early stages of a turn,” said Elisabeth Buck, director of Iowa Workforce Development.

Vander Plaats: Culver trying to buy re-election

By Jason Hancock 5/15/09

Gov. Chet Culver’s $830 million I-JOBS plan is nothing more than a campaign stunt designed to buy an election, Sioux City businessman and GOP gubernatorial candidate Bob Vander Plaats said.
Vander Plaats, who so far is the only Republican challenging Culver in 2010, called the plan to issue bonds to upgrade state infrastructure, create jobs and [...]

Culver wins passage of bonding plan

By Jason Hancock 4/25/09

In a flurry of activity over two marathon days, Democrats in the House and Senate managed to pass a $715 million, multi-year bonding plan (in addition to $115 million for flood recovery), despite fierce opposition from Republicans in both chambers.

Iowa GOP latches on to ‘Tower of Invincibility’

By Jason Hancock 3/24/09

Iowa Republicans appear to be hitching their hopes to derail Gov. Chet Culver’s $750 million bonding plan on one of the 4,000 submissions for the funding – a proposed 12-story building in the center of Vedic City called the “Tower of Invincibility.”
Cities, counties, schools and universities from around the state responded to a request from [...]

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