Archive for December 2015
State panel approves new air pollution fees
On The Move: Week of Dec. 14
Natalie Merrill
Renewable Energy Group, Inc.
Promoted to chief of staff and vice president
natalie.merrill@regi.com
Travis Allen
Iowa State Bank
Hired as trust investment officer and vice president
tfallen@iowastatebanks.com
Cris Aguilar
Iowa State …
Read MoreGrassley blasts deal to extend green card investment program without reforms
U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley blasted congressional leaders and real estate lobbyists Thursday for inducing a vote to extend a controversial immigration program known as EB-5 without enacting changes Grassley said would cut down on fraud, …
Read MoreDowntown Winter Farmers Market returns today, Saturday
The Downtown Winter Farmers Market presented by UnityPoint Health – Des Moines returns today and Saturday at Kaleidoscope at the Hub and Capital Square. The Winter Market will be open from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. each …
Read MoreIowa unemployment rate falls to 3.4 percent
Iowa’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell to 3.4 percent in November, the lowest rate since 2001, Iowa Workforce Development reported. The rate was 3.5 percent in October, and 4.3 percent a year ago. The U.S. …
Read MoreJoshua Barr replaces Rudy Simms at D.M. rights department
Joshua V. Barr, began working as the new director of the city of Des Moines’ Civil and Human Rights Commission in mid-October. Barr, who most recently was a civil rights attorney in South Carolina and …
Read MoreFeds to state: Delay Medicaid transition until March
A Closer Look: Dan Houston
When Dan Houston was nearing graduation from Iowa State University in 1984, he had three corporate job offers to choose from — one in the forestry business, another in the tire industry and a third …
Read MoreLegislative preview: Hope for action?
As they do before most sessions, legislative leaders have been making the rounds of Iowa’s business organizations and issuing warnings that money will be short. That may be especially true this year, as the sagging …
Read MoreThe Elbert Files: New book on DM architecture
The decision at Iowa’s third constitutional convention in 1857 to move the state capital from Iowa City to Des Moines must have seemed odd at the time, wrote Jay Pridmore in his new book, “Des …
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