Tomorrow Plan hosts Fisher

The Tomorrow Plan will host Lee Fisher, president and CEO of CEOs for Cities, to discuss the topic “Your City Vitals + Dividends” on July 16 at 10 a.m. at the Des Moines Area Metropolitan…Read More

Two-fifths of Iowans search for jobs online

Connect Iowa released a new report today that says “broadband is critical to empowering Iowa’s workforce” and that 720,000 Iowans use the Internet to search or apply for jobs.

As broadband Internet access expands across the state, …

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Scammers saying Obama will pay utility bills

Iowa utility companies are spreading the word about a possible scam in which callers tell customers that President Barack Obama is providing credits or applying payments to utility bills.

According to a release from MidAmerican …

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Broadlawns honored as ‘Most Wired’

Broadlawns Medical Center was honored by Hospitals & Health Networks magazine as one of the Most Wired hospitals for the second year in a row.

The magazine said the hospital was honored for “leveraging the adoption …

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Trade deficit dropped from April to May

The United States imported less and increased exports in May, which resulted in a 3.8 percent drop in the trade deficit.  

The U.S. Commerce Department reported this morning that the trade deficit fell slightly, …

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Ag department cuts crop estimates

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) revised the estimate for this year’s corn harvest in a report this morning, lowering the estimate by 12 percent.

The USDA attributed the decline to the drought the Midwest …

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Airport receives transportation funding

Des Moines International Airport has received funding from the Iowa Transportation Commission for two improvement projects.

The airport received $83,027 to remove and replace pavement markings, which covers about half the total cost of the …

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Cofield resigns from RMi

Shannon Cofield, the former president of United Way of Central Iowa, is leaving her position at Urbandale-based RMi, formerly known as Relationship Marketing Inc., after about six months.

Cofield, who was serving as the executive …

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