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State dismissed from DM traffic cam suit
The state of Iowa has been dismissed from a suit filed by Des Moines and two other cities over IDOT's order to remove traffic cams from state highways. IDOT still remains in the suit. The judge also a...
Aug 10, 2015
Carson touts thousands of new fans, followers from GOP presidential debate
GOP presidential candidate Ben Carson speaks to reporters in Urbandale.(photo by Sarah Beckman)Less than 24 hours after going on stage with nine other Republican presidential candidates for the first ...
Aug 07, 2015
Torch Morning News you can use 8-6:
Presidents of Iowa's three public universities are trying to keep their same budgets despite not receiving expected funding from the state legislature. The board was asked to consider raising spring 2...
Aug 06, 2015
Jury awards 12 million in sexual harassment suit
An Indianola woman has been awarded nearly 12 million dollars in a sexual harassment case against a toy company for which she used to work. Danielle Renneger says her coworkers at ToyQuest subjected h...
Aug 06, 2015
Paul’s PAC leader hit with federal charges
Federal charges are being filed against three people who had worked to Ron Paul's presidential campaign in Iowa. Jesse Benton, John Tate and Dimitrios Kesari are accused of conspiring to buy support f...
Aug 06, 2015
Branstad defends education budget decision to crowd of Iowa administrators
Governor Branstad speaks at the School Administrators of Iowa Conference in Des Moines.(photo by Sarah Beckman)In front of more than 300 school administrators from across the state, Governor Bra...
Aug 05, 2015
Torch Morning News you can use 8-5:
More than a quarter of a billion dollars in personal income taxes made it into state coffers last month. A record number of Iowans in the workforce paid 6-point-4 percent more than Iowans paid last Ju...
Aug 05, 2015
AIB selling property
Nearly a fifth of the AIB College of Business campus will be sold prior to the school being taken over by the University of Iowa and the Iowa Board of Regents. The property includes three apartment bu...
Aug 05, 2015
Big pension debt under wrap, says nonprofit analysis
The state is hiding more than one-and-a-half billion dollars in pension debt, according to a non-profit research group. Truth in Accounting says it got its data from Iowa's audited Comprehensive finan...
Aug 05, 2015
Torch Afternoon News 8-4: Environmental groups honored at capitol, DMACC offers drone class, ISU proposes cremation garden
Governor Branstad speaks at the Iowa Environmental Excellence Award ceremony.Several business owners, university groups, and local initiatives were honored yesterday at the governor's Iowa Environment...
Aug 04, 2015
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