Gov. Chet Culver’s office today released a 121-page report examining the state’s tax credit programs.
Culver ordered preparation of the report, “State of Iowa Agency Reports on Tax Credits,” after allegations of mismanagement and abuse surfaced in the state’s tax credit program for film-making. Culver and state legislators have vowed [...]
URBANDALE, IA. -- This week, Gov. Chet Culver released a budget proposal designed to allegedly “save” more than one billion dollars in the next five years.
However, at least one especially troubling aspect of Culver’s plan sticks out.
At issue: Culver touts $50 million in “savings” that would raid Iowa’s Road [...]
JOHNSTON – Whether Iowa’s largest public employee union will work to help Democratic Gov. Chet Culver in his re-election bid will be up to the members of the union, its leader said Friday.
GOP challengers are lining up for the chance to take on Culver, who is expected to seek [...]
Recommendations issued by a consulting firm that promise to save the state $341 million could be authorized by an executive order in the coming days, a spokesman for Gov. Chet Culver said Friday.
Public Works LLC issued their recommendations Tuesday. Among the 90 ideas, the firm’s report advocates [...]
Many people don’t think Iowans will ever see much good from the hundreds of millions of dollars that Chet Culver and the state government pumped into film projects that were shot in the state. A new video from Kornfed Productions might change all of that.
The video taps into the [...]
It should come as no surprise. A few weeks after announcing that she is a candidate for the United States Senate, Roxanne Conlin is standing beside Governor Chet Culver announcing that Iowa schools will receive $60 million in vouchers for computers as part of the Microsoft [...]
A forum about the 2010 session of the Iowa Legislature planned for today at the Iowa Capitol has been canceled, due to the blizzard, aides to Iowa Gov. Chet Culver said.
Culver had said he would try to attend the session, sponsored by the Associated Press, but decided this morning to [...]
State offices will be open today, but employees should use their best judgment before deciding to come to work, Iowa Gov. Chet Culver advises.
Culver said if workers believe it’s unsafe to come to work because of the “historic and dangerous storm,” they can choose to take the day off without [...]
Emails obtained by TheIowaRepublican.com between Governor Chet Culver’s communications staff and two Des Moines Register reporters show that the Governor’s office threatened Des Moines Register political reporter Jason Clayworth after he publishing unflattering photos of Governor Culver while Culver participated in a triathlon.
Clayworth’s blog appeared [...]
Gov. Chet Culver’s office does not intend to release reports expected this week on tax credit programs that affect thousands of Iowa workers and businesses before holding public hearings next week that will help decide the incentives’ fate.
Erin Seidler, the governor’s communications chief, said policy advisers in the governor’s office [...]
Iowa has seen the worst of the recession, but employment won’t begin to grow again until next summer, a team of economic advisors told Gov. Chet Culver today.
“If things go to history, and we have a lot of history, we should see better times starting pretty much right now,” said [...]
Currently, the governor said he is required to submit a state budget by the end of January based on projections set by the state Revenue [...]
A review of Iowa’s tax credits has been extended by a week to give departments more time to conduct a comprehensive analysis, Gov. Chet Culver announced today.
Culver, last month, ordered a review of 30 state tax credit incentives in the wake of a criminal probe into Iowa’s film program, a [...]
The departure of Gov. Chet Culver’s campaign manager is a minor blip, the governor told reporters today.
Culver, a Democrat preparing to seek re-election next year, said Andrew Roos’ announcement Tuesday that he was leaving the campaign after less than three months was normal.
“Look, it’s very common, whether public sector or [...]
Despite the reality of the world around him, Governor Chet Culver always seems to find a way to be optimistic when talking about the condition of the state or his campaign. When the state ended the FY 2009 budget year with a $161 million deficit, Culver remained [...]
Gov. Chet Culver's campaign manager said today he has resigned, citing personal reasons for leaving the Democrat's re-election bid after only three months.
Andrew Roos, who was hired in September to manage Culver's re-election campaign, said he had decided to [...]
DES MOINES – The manager of Gov. Chet Culver’s re-election campaign has left the position, saying it is for personal reasons.
Andrew Roos had been in the position since September and said his departure from the campaign is effective immediately.
“The break is totally friendly,” Roos said in an interview. [...]
Troy Price, a spokesman for Gov. Chet Culver, issued a statement today, saying Republicans failed to offer solutions during an online interview with The Des Moines Register.
Josie Albrecht, a spokeswoman for the Iowa House Republicans issued the following response:
“Republicans have laid out a detailed agenda for [...]
Troy Price, a spokesman for Gov. Chet Culver, issued the following statement about statements made today by House Republican Leader Kraig Paulsen and Senate Republican Leader Paul McKinley during an interview with The Des Moines Register.
See the video replay here. More news coverage of the meetings with both Democrats [...]
Gov. Chet Culver’s campaign manager said today he has resigned, citing personal reasons for leaving the Democrat’s re-election bid after only three months.
Andrew Roos, who was hired in September to manage Culver’s re-election campaign, said he had decided to step down before Thanksgiving and that Culver did not ask him [...]
Here’s a schedule for a series of debates between Rep. Christopher Rants, a Republican from Sioux City and Jon Narcisse, a former Des Moines School Board member.
Rants is running for governor and Narcisse, a Democrat, has indicated interest in challenging Gov. Chet Culver.
The debates, each from 6 to 7:30 p.m,. [...]
Former Des Moines school board member Jonathan Narcisse criticized Gov. Chet Culver and the Republicans hoping to unseat him in 2010, but remained coy about whether he will challenge the governor in a Democratic primary.
Jonathan Narcisse
Narcisse was speaking to Dave Price, reporter for Des Moines [...]
Iowa will receive $1.16 million from federal stimulus money for the state to launch an electronic health records system, Gov. Chet Culver announced this afternoon.
The grant is part of a 90-percent federal match that will help the state’s human services and public health departments begin an incentive program for medical [...]
U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin addressed the Hy-Vee Hall crowd via video, saying he expected Gov. Chet Culver to win re-election and praising congressional Democrats’ work on health-care reform.
He remained in Washington for a key procedural vote to move a health-care reform bill forward in the Senate. After he spoke, Iowa [...]
