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A review of Gov. Chet Culver's financial disclosure records shows a candidate focused on fundraising who never stopped raising money even in the months after he won election in 2006.
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Canadian filmmaker side-swiped by Iowa funding debacle
Kevin DeWalt poses with his awards for Best Dramatic Mini Series at the 2008 Gemini Awards in Toronto.
Governor, Unions Strike Deal; Jobs Could Be Saved
Hundreds of state jobs are on the line, and a new preliminary deal could make a big difference.
E-mails show Iowa gov.'s interest in film office
Iowa Gov. Chet Culver's office took a close interest in the state's film promotion efforts long before questions about spending and bookkeeping prompted the governor to freeze the program, e-mails obtained by The Associated Press indicate.
AFSCME: Agreement Reached To Save 479 Jobs
Officials with the state workers union AFSCME said Monday that they have reached an agreement with the state to save 479 AFSCME jobs that were to be cut during the latest round of budget cuts.
Basu: Consider moral cost of budget cuts
On the day state agency heads had to submit their mandated budget cut plans to the governor, I happened to be talking to Andrew Allen.
Guest column: How to rebuild Iowa's government
Last month, Gov. Chet Culver ordered a 10 percent across-the-board cut in the state budget, a percentage more than twice as large as any such cut in the state's recorded history.
Nebraskans eager to trim budget
Any Nebraskans worth their corn husks will tell you who needs to start at quarterback for the Husker football team.
GOP Candidate Out Of Governor's Race
Senate Republican Leader Paul McKinley announced Friday that he is withdrawing from the campaign for governor.
Governor announces funds for flood buyouts
Iowa Gov. Chet Culver says $150 million in federal funds will be made available for the purchase of 1,352 homes damaged in last year's floods.
Budget fiasco hurts agriculture
The disastrous mismanagement of Iowa's state budget by Gov. Chet Culver and the Democrats who control both houses of the state Legislature will hit the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship especially hard.
Veterans visit memorials in D.C.
Washington, D.C. - James Vincent of Liberty Center, Ia., came to the nation's capital to remember World War II and found himself recruited for a new mission: pen pal to the governor's son.
Central Iowa's Independent Weekly
While he leads comfortably in recent Florida U.S. Senate polls, establishment Republican governor Charlie Crist, a centrist in today's political dictionary, faces a feisty underdog in Marco Rubio - a darling of the right who conservative pundits are peddling at every opportunity.
Culver to join Iowa veterans at WWII Memorial
Governor Chet Culver will meet with hundreds of Iowa veterans Wednesday at the World War II Memorial in Washington D.C. after they arrive on their "Honor Flight." The veterans will be visiting Washington on a trip organized by Central Iowa Honor Flight, a program that takes veterans to see the nation's capital and the monuments to their service at ...
Mich. looks at worst-case 20 percent budget cuts
Michigan's governor warned Tuesday of a possible 20 percent cut in state spending next year, a draconian step after billions in cuts since 2003 have already dented police and fire services, pushed schools toward insolvency and reduced oversight of prison inmates.
A year before the 2010 election, five Republican candidates for governor are crisscrossing Iowa while a sixth has hired widely known staffers but hasn't committed to seeking the nomination.
As Iowa agencies work to dig the state out of a nearly half-billion dollar budget hole, Pat Murphy says Gov.
Des Moines County Democrats name new leadership
After many local battles, the party won the majority in the U.S. House and Senate in 2006.
Carlson: Branstad? Conlin? Bring back Hickenlooper
Roxanne Conlin and Terry Branstad? Didn't we see this movie a long time ago, possibly in grainy black and white? And they're back, running for office? Again? Conlin no doubt would do well as a United States senator, probably being able to speak without notes when she argues in opposition to tort reform.
Iowa: GOP leaders call for statewide pay cuts
Agency heads differ on cuts DES MOINES -- Some state agency heads say they won't take a pay cut and others haven't decided whether to abide by Gov.
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