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		<title>Iowa receives $1.2 million federal STEM grant</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 18:01:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(DES MOINES) – Gov. Terry Branstad and Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds today announced that the National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a 3-year, $1.2 million grant to the Iowa Governor&#8217;s Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) Advisory Council for the project entitled &#8220;Iowa STEM Education Evaluation (I-SEE): Navigating the Iowa STEM Roadmap.” The proposed plan [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Branstad names CPA Mary Mosiman as new state auditor</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 11:27:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(DES MOINES) – Gov. Terry E. Branstad today named Ames CPA Mary Mosiman, AGE, as Iowa’s new state auditor, following last month’s announcement by David Vaudt that he was resigning to become the new chairman of the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB). His last day was May 3. Mosiman currently serves as deputy secretary of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gov. Branstad orders flags at half-staff Friday in observance of Iowa Peace Officer Memorial Ceremony</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 11:17:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(DES MOINES) – Gov. Terry E. Branstad has ordered all flags on the Capitol Complex be flown at half-staff from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday, May 10, 2013, in observance of the Iowa Peace Officer Memorial Ceremony which is to be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, May 10, 2013, at the Oran [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iowa receives Presidential Disaster Declaration</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 14:25:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(DES MOINES) – Today, Gov. Terry E. Branstad received word that a Presidential Disaster Declaration has been issued for five Iowa counties. The five counties included in the declaration are Dickinson, Lyon, O’Brien, Osceola and Sioux. The Governor sent the request for the declaration on Friday, April 26, in response to severe weather which occurred [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Branstad, Reynolds launch “Residential Relief Calculator” to demonstrate property tax savings for Iowa homeowners</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 05:38:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(DES MOINES) – Gov. Terry Branstad and Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds today launched a “Residential Relief Calculator,” which allows Iowans to calculate their property tax savings under the Senate Democrats’ plan versus the plan put forward by the governor’s office and House Republicans. The Residential Relief Calculator is found here: www.Governor.Iowa.gov/calculator “Iowans are facing a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Branstad to meet with China President Xi Jinping</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 15:01:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(DES MOINES) – Gov. Branstad will continue building Iowa’s long-term relationship with China President Xi Jinping by meeting with him Monday, strengthening ties to one of the state’s most important economic trading partners. Branstad first met with Xi in the governor’s formal office in 1985, when Xi was a local party leader traveling on an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Governor Branstad Issues Disaster Proclamation for Ten Counties</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 14:38:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(DES MOINES) – Gov. Terry E. Branstad today issued a proclamation of disaster emergency in response to severe weather that impacted ten counties in northwest Iowa. Counties included in the proclamation are Clay, Dickinson, Emmet, Kossuth, Lyon, O’Brien, Osceola, Palo Alto, Plymouth and Sioux. Beginning April 9, damaging winds, heavy rains, thunderstorms and freezing rains [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gov. Branstad signs 17 bills into law</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 07:29:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(DES MOINES)  &#8211; Gov. Terry Branstad today signed the following bills into law: House File 14 an Act relating to the enforcement of weight limitations for vehicles with retractable axles. House File 131 an Act authorizing charitable giving payroll deductions for community college employees. House File 307 an Act establishing the Department of Homeland Security [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Branstad: Non-contract employees to earn salary increases, contribute 20 percent of health care costs</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 04:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(DES MOINES) – Gov. Terry E. Branstad today released details on the FY 2014/FY 2015 salary and benefits package he has authorized for State of Iowa employees not covered by a collective bargaining agreement. The governor has approved salary increases for state non-contract employees at the same level as provided to members of the State [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Branstad, Reynolds praise Vaudt on outstanding tenure of service as Iowa’s “Taxpayer Watchdog”</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 17:57:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(DES MOINES) – Gov. Terry Branstad and Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds today thanked state Auditor David Vaudt for his service as Iowa’s “Taxpayer Watchdog,” and wished him well as the new chairman of the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB). Vaudt, who served as Iowa’s state auditor from January 2003 to present, announced today that he [...]]]></description>
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