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Rail Money Sought for a Chicago LinkState transportation agencies in Iowa and Illinois have submitted a joint application seeking $248 million in federal money to establish daily passenger train service between Chicago and Iowa City via the Quad Cities, Gov. Chet Culver said Friday. Flooding the 'new normal,' Culver saysCalling persistent flooding "the new normal," Iowa Gov. Chet Culver said Monday the state needs to continue investments in flood fighting, and he added his controversial IJOBS initiative is an important part of that strategy.
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Iowa's stalled economy produces 6.8 percent jobless rate Iowa's unemployment rate remained at 6.8 percent in June, providing additional evidence that the state's economic recovery is stalling after peaking at 6.9 percent in April. Iowa's unemployment rate in June 2009 was 6.0 percent. U.S. audit says Iowa must repay $576,000 Iowa must repay $576,000 in misspent federal money that Gov. Chet Culver's office appropriated when he was secretary of state, a federal audit resolution released Monday said. Iowa's unemployment rate up to 6.9% Iowa’s unemployment rate pushed to 6.9 percent in April from 6.8 percent in March, with the state shedding 900 jobs at the same time more discouraged workers returned to the labor market, a report today shows.
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