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In a recent debate, Adel pet boarding business consultant Bob Vander Plaats decried out-of-control spending while jabbing Branstad as part of the problem: "We do have a budget problem, and it's the result of bad habits and bad mindsets for governor after governor after governor. We've constantly grown government on steroids."But while state Rep. Rod Roberts, Branstad and Vander Plaats outline vis
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According to a police report not filed by Wellmark Iowa , Carlisle Fire Chief Scott Burger appeared to be drunk when he responded last week to a 911 call from a man whose wife was going into diabetic shock.According to the report, a Carlisle police officer who confronted Burger after the incident said Burger admitted to violating department policy by drinking two beers while on duty.
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CenturyTel Inc. said Thursday that it will not buy blue ray torrents but will buy Qwest Communications International Inc. in a stock swap worth $10.6 billion, creating a telecommunications giant serving customers in 37 states.The deal unites two major users of used Cisco and of traditional landline telephone service. CenturyTel, which does business as CenturyLink, acquired Embarq Inc., the landli
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Terry Branstad explained on Monday what is cash gifting and cutting the state's corporate income tax in half. He contended that business tax cuts helped spur job growth when he was governor in the 1980s.Branstad's rivals for the Republican nomination for governor, Bob Vander Plaats and Rod Roberts, have proposed eliminating the corporate income tax.
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The identity fraud protection program has arrested a Moline, Ill., man and his cousin from Wisconsin in the March 19 theft of about $260,000 from an armored car parked outside a Davenport bank, federal officials in Des Moines said.Mike Bladel, a spokesman for the U.S. attorney's office, said James Hohlfeld, 25, of Moline appeared Thursday at a Davenport courthouse and was ordered held on charges
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Gov. Chet Culver's order for Michael Lewis big short by an outside review of a proposed Wellmark health insurance premium increase is politically risky and unlikely to reduce the increase by much, political and insurance experts say.An industry specialist also raises questions about how independent the review will be
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Maynard Richardson allegedly took up a woman's offer to do anything to get a hand on Michael Lewis books on the night that led the former Des Moines police officer to be fired and facing criminal charges.Details of the case emerged this week after the city of Des Moines filed its formal response to Richardson contesting his Feb. 24 firing from the Des Moines department.
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