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Alliant sticks with planned rate increase



Alliant Energy said "no" on Thursday to Gov. Chet Culver's request to hold off on a 10 percent rate increase for its 525,000 Iowa customers.
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Aid for anti-foreclosure program sought



Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller urged state and federal officials Thursday to find up to $1 million to keep afloat a program aimed at preventing home foreclosures.
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Iowa schools making doomsday predictions, Senate leader says


School officials have made "doomsday-scenario budgets" but the reality is much brighter, Iowa Senate Majority Leader Michael Gronstal told reporters today.   Read More
ISU, UNI athletics face end to use of tax money


Iowa State University and University of Northern Iowa officials would have until September to draw up plans to wean their athletic departments off taxpayer money under a proposal state regents will consider next week.   Read More
Manager admits bedbug blunder


The head of the company that manages two bedbug-infested Des Moines apartment buildings for the elderly and disabled acknowledged Thursday that "we screwed up, and we're going to fix it."   Read More
GOP plots strategies to nullify health bill


WASHINGTON—Republicans are looking beyond Sunday's expected vote on the Democrats' health-care overhaul to focus on strategies for striking back should it pass, ranging from challenges to the measure by individual states to a national repeal campaign.   Read More
Falling river levels bring a sense of guarded relief


Many Iowa rivers are falling, and wide swaths of the state appear poised to escape serious flooding if heavy rains stay away, the National Weather Service reported Thursday.   Read More
Snow this weekend; officials watching flood potential


Although Friday's weather will be a departure from the sunny, warm temperatures earlier this week, it does not mean an increased likelihood of flooding later this spring, officials said.   Read More
Vander Plaats supports Iowa's right to opt out of health-care system


Republican gubernatorial candidate Bob Vander Plaats said Thursday he would preserve Iowans' rights to opt out of a federal government-run health-care system if he is elected as Iowa's next governor.   Read More
State aims to hire debt collector


Iowa lawmakers are looking to hire a debt coordinator to oversee a process of trying to recoup hundreds of millions of dollars owed to the state for unpaid court charges, back taxes or other delinquent payments.   Read More
Compromise on texting ban might be sorted out next week


Iowans would be banned from sending text messages while driving, but they could not be pulled over for it unless police also suspected them of breaking another law, under compromise legislation tentatively reached Thursday.   Read More
IPERS changes gain legislative passage


The Senate on Thursday approved adjustments to public-employee retirement plans to ensure they stay solvent.   Read More
Iowa's gubernatorial race gets tighter


On the eve of the filing deadline for the primary election, a potential opponent for Gov. Chet Culver decided to bypass the Democratic primary and run as an independent in November.   Read More
Agency for elderly prepaid vendors, audit says


A publicly funded agency that helps elderly Iowans inappropriately increased its annual budget by prepaying vendors for thousands of dollars' worth of expenses, state auditors allege.   Read More
State tax credits for Pioneer will aid campus expansion


Pioneer Hi-Bred's $154 million expansion in Johnston will qualify for up to $7.3 million in state tax credits, primarily for research and development at the new facility, economic development leaders said Thursday.   Read More
An alternative to 'alternative' assets


Public pensions are increasingly asking a question that has haunted investors since the financial crisis: When is an alternative investment really more of the same?   Read More
Poorer girls not getting HPV vaccine for cervical cancer


A cervical cancer vaccine is not getting to many of the girls who need it the most, a new study shows.   Read More
The empire strikes out
By Stephen C. Fehr, Stateline.org Staff Writer

Speaking of StatesNew York Governor David Paterson replaced a governor caught up in a scandal. Now Paterson is accused of wrongdoing himself and has declined to run for election. Facing a myriad of challenges, including a $9 billion budget shortfall, Paterson is finding it difficult to be effective in his final months in office.   Read More
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Gov. Chet Culver (D)
Elected: November 2006
Term expires: January 2011

State capital: Des Moines
State nickname: The Hawkeye State
Lt. Gov. Patty Judge (D)
Secretary of State Michael Mauro (D)
Attorney General Tom Miller (D)
Senate President: John P. "Jack" Kibbie (D)
House Speaker: Pat Murphy (D)

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