Archive for September 2016
Oct. 11: Dialogue Series – China Rising
Percentage of uninsured Iowans falls since Obamacare
Quad-City Times: Only 5 percent of Iowans did not have health insurance coverage last year, according to new government data, a marked improvement from the period before implementation of the major provisions of the Affordable Care …
Read MoreIowa lawmakers delay alcohol ban at two state parks
Cedar Rapids Gazette: The party will roll on for the time being at Lake Macbride State Park and Pleasant Creek State Recreation Area. The Iowa Natural Resource Commission had voted to ban liquor, beer and wine …
Read MoreDART plans Wi-Fi pilot on buses
The Des Moines Area Regional Transit Authority, known as DART, is developing a pilot program to provide Wi-Fi on 20 buses operating on two of DART’s routes for a year. If approved, the pilot will …
Read MoreSolheim Cup nets more than $53,000 for Read to Succeed
Des Moines Golf and Country Club on Tuesday announced it has raised more than $53,000 for United Way of Central Iowa’s Read to Succeed through its partnership with the 2017 Solheim Cup. During the month …
Read MoreFarm groups offer to pay legal fees in water lawsuit
The Iowa Farm Bureau Federation and the Iowa Corn Growers Association have offered to help pay legal costs for the supervisors in Buena Vista, Calhoun and Sac counties who are being sued by the Des …
Read MoreABI’s Leadership Iowa class named for next year
The latest 40-member class for Leadership Iowa has been selected for the Iowa Association of Business and Industry’s eight-month issues-awareness program for current and emerging leaders. The 2016-17 class will travel around the state for …
Read MoreSurvey details Iowa companies’ training priorities
East Village to turn metered parking into parks, temporarily
The East Village will turn metered parking into temporary public parks on Sept. 16 as part of a global event. San Francisco art and design studio, Rebar, created PARK(ing) Day in 2005 to encourage people …
Read MoreBranstad, other governors call for better E15 regulation
Gov. Terry Branstad joined six other Midwestern governors to send a letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency asking for changes in a regulation they say is limiting the sales of E15 fuel. “EPA has …
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