Archive for January 2011
Prairie Meadows gives city $4 million
Prairie Meadows Racetrack and Casino presented the city of Des Moines with a $4 million check at Monday’s City Council meeting.
The money will be used to fund street and bridge repairs, Des Moines City …
Read MoreIowa community colleges to be recognized
The Iowa Association of Community Colleges Trustees will hold its IACCT Student Legislative Seminar today at 3 p.m. at Embassy Suites, 101 E. Locust St. Gov. Terry Branstad will speak to community college trustees, presidents, …
Read MoreWorkman named to AHA board
Douglas Workman, director of the Broadlawns Medical Center Primary Care Clinic, was elected as a regional physician delegate and member of the American Hospital Association (AHA) Regional Policy Board.
The Regional Policy Board meets three …
Read MoreDrake announces Let’s DU Lunch schedule
Drake University and the Greater Des Moines Partnership announced the spring Let’s DU Lunch speaker series schedule yesterday, to be held at the Des Moines Club in the Ruan Building, 666 Grand Ave.
The series …
Read MoreA Closer Look: Tiffany Coleman
Tiffany Coleman is the economic development coordinator with the Urbandale Development Association.…
Read MoreIowa pork exports pass $1 billion
Iowa’s annual pork exports surpassed the $1 billion mark last year for the first time in the state’s history, according to figures released today by the Iowa Department of Economic Development.
Those figures indicate that …
Read MoreObama to announce five-year spending freeze
A White House official said President Barack Obama will call for a five-year freeze in non-security, discretionary spending during his State of the Union address, MSNBC reported.
The official said the proposal will be part …
Read MoreFraud enforcement efforts recoup more than $4 billion
The federal government recovered more than $4 billion through its health-care fraud prevention and enforcement actions in fiscal year 2010, the largest recovery of taxpayer dollars in the Justice Department’s history, officials announced today.
Federal …
State unemployment rate drops to 6.3 percent
Iowa’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate dropped to 6.3 percent in December from 6.6 percent in November, the largest monthly decrease in the rate for the year, Iowa Workforce Development reported. The state’s jobless rate stood …
Read MoreMetro Waste Authority releases financials
Metro Waste Authority (MWA) operating revenues totaled $22.5 million for the year ended June 30, a less than 1 percent increase from 2009. Expenses for the fiscal year totaled $16.9 million, a half-percent decrease from …
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