Archive for October 2017
Iowa Senate Democrats choose Janet Petersen as new minority leader
Des Moines Register: Iowa Senate Democrats ousted Minority Leader Rob Hogg in a party caucus meeting Sunday, electing in his place Des Moines Sen. Janet Petersen. The move represents a dramatic leadership change in the …
Read MoreRegents name Braun as executive director
The Board of Regents has hired Mark Braun, currently the chief operating officer of the board, as its next executive director. Braun, who will begin his new duties Nov. 1, succeeds Robert Donley, who resigned …
Read MoreICYMI: Future Ready Iowa task force recommends training funds
Gov. Kim Reynolds last week said she will ask legislators to set aside at least $5 million for new scholarships and grants to Iowans seeking a college degree or professional training beyond high school, Radio …
Read MoreReuters: Weedkiller study skewed
The World Health Organization’s cancer agency dismissed and edited findings from a draft of its review of the weedkiller glyphosate that suggested there was no link between the Roundup ingredient and cancer in laboratory animals, …
Read MoreDes Moines prepares to approve deal for future Kemin expansion
Less than two months after celebrating the grand opening of its new worldwide headquarters, Kemin Industries Inc. is preparing for future expansion, with plans to buy nearly 23.6 acres of land north and east of …
Read MoreIowa Sierra Club calls for hog confinement moratorium
After a new federal report found Iowa has 5,000 previously unreported livestock operations, the Iowa Chapter of the nonprofit national environmental group Sierra Club called for a moratorium on new hog confinements.
The proposed moratorium …
Read MoreNov. 15: Cultivating Your Creativity
Host: The Association for Women in Communications Des Moines Chapter
About: Debra Landwehr Engle, author, speaker and writing mentor, will share tips on nurturing and supersizing your creativity. Whether in a corporate setting or as …
Windy weather blows MidAmerican past energy milestone
KCCI-TV: The powerful wind last week did more than just blow your leaves around. Wind on Oct. 23 and Oct. 24 blew hard enough for wind turbines to provide energy to meet all of MidAmerican Energy’s …
Read MoreIowa Democrats offer health insurance option
Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier: Two Democratic legislators Friday called for shifting Iowa’s privately run Medicaid system back to a fee-for-service state program in a cost-saving move they say would fund a new public health insurance option for …
Read MoreIowa Democrats offer health insurance option
Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier: Two Democratic legislators Friday called for shifting Iowa’s privately run Medicaid system back to a fee-for-service state program in a cost-saving move they say would fund a new public health insurance option for …
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