Posted July 09, 2014in Civic Skinny
Terry Branstad has been governor of Iowa for nearly 20 years. He was elected to four terms, sat out for a bit, was re-elected in 2010 and now is seeking [...]
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Posted July 02, 2014in Civic Skinny
The state of Iowa isn’t the only one having trouble collecting from wealthy architect but careless — if that’s the right word — landlord and businessman Kirk Blunck. His own [...]
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Posted June 25, 2014in Civic Skinny
“As a community focused non-profit organization led by a volunteer Board of Directors, we value transparency,” Susan Ramsey of the Greater Des Moines Partnership told Cityview the other day. That, [...]
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Posted June 18, 2014in Civic Skinny
The circulation of The Des Moines Register is continuing its free-fall. Combined print and digital circulation of the Monday-Friday newspaper in the six months ended March 31 totaled 86,982, down [...]
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Posted June 11, 2014in Civic Skinny
The state is nuts if it doesn’t try to settle the Chris Godfrey lawsuit right away. And the six present or former state officials who are defendants — who now [...]
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Posted June 04, 2014in Civic Skinny
Iowa’s elected officials have no trouble asking for money, but by and large they’re pretty stingy at giving it. Gov. Terry Branstad raised $1,157,436.36 between Jan. 1 and May 19, [...]
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Posted May 28, 2014in Civic Skinny
Gubernatorial candidate Jack Hatch received no significant Iowa money from outside Des Moines in the latest reporting period. Terry Branstad received carloads. That’s a major reason the Republican Governor has [...]
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Posted May 21, 2014in Civic Skinny
What is the “appearance of a conflict” of interests? Attorney General Tom Miller is campaigning for Nathan Blake, the assistant attorney general running for the Iowa Senate seat being vacated [...]
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Posted May 13, 2014in Civic Skinny
Before we get into this, it should be noted that the University of Iowa was voted this year as the top party school in the nation. Just to put things [...]
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Posted May 07, 2014in Civic Skinny
A home on Lincoln Place Drive in Des Moines sold for $1.4 million the other day, the highest price for a house in the Des Moines city limits in more [...]
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