BlogNetNews.com/Iowa (Free subscription) | yesterday
State Rep. Christopher Rants of Sioux City said he would put his focus on curbing property taxes, the exact opposite of the focus of Gov. Chet Culver, he said. Every Iowan will pay more property taxes because of the actions of the governor, he said. He told a story that he described [...]
BlogNetNews.com/Iowa (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
A planned shindig Wednesday in Sergeant Bluff where Lt. Gov. Patty Judge will give out $250,000 is “insanity,” Rep. Christopher Rants, R-Sioux City said today. Judge will help present the city with the money, which is part of Gov. Chet Culver’s $830 million I-JOBS program to help [...]
BlogNetNews.com/Iowa (Free subscription) | 05/10/2009
Republican gubernatorial candidate Christopher Rants unveiled today a Web site aimed at promoting the Sioux City state representative’s steady stream of policy solutions to issues big and small. The Sioux City state representative’s new site can be found at: 99ideas.org . “Good campaigns are about more than just Candidate A or Candidate [...]
BlogNetNews.com/Iowa (Free subscription) | 25/09/2009
ISU College Republicans and the IFCR hosted an event geared to introduce college students to GOP governor candidates. Christopher Rants, Jerry Behn and Bob Vander Plaats fielded questions primarily about education and expanding topics like building a better business climate in Iowa. Among the highlights of [...]
BlogNetNews.com/Iowa (Free subscription) | 23/09/2009
The film tax break fiasco is bigger than just the purchase of luxury vehicles and threatens the state’s entire budget for critical services Iowans depend upon, Rep. Christopher Rants, R-Sioux City, said today. “There is plenty of time to assign blame and point fingers later,” Rants, a [...]
Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 06/10/2009
Those who are running or have made clear they are leaning toward it include Sioux City businessman Bob Vander Plaats; Cedar Rapids businessman Christian Fong; state Reps. Christopher Rants of Sioux City and Rod Roberts of Carroll; and state Sens. Jerry Behn of Boone and Paul McKinley of Chariton.Rants has expressed irritation about the drawn-out Branstad question. Rants...
BlogNetNews.com/Iowa (Free subscription) | 06/10/2009
Donald Miller coming to town goin' A Million Miles in a Thousand Years" at the Temple for Performing Arts October 11. Tickets? Rep Christopher Rants evaluates the mess at home...Aviva USA, the Iowa Film Office, and HAVA....a toxic brew of corruption. G.A. Bradshaw talks' [...]
BlogNetNews.com/Iowa (Free subscription) | 02/10/2009
Steve Malloy tries to explain "cap and trade" nonsense to the rest of us. Iowans react to the Letterman scandal. Rep Christopher Rants calls for a special session to deal with Iowa's revenue collapse. And does the Iowa Department of Health have politically correct reporting standards? [...]
