Archive for May 2018
Grassley threatens to ask EPA’s Scott Pruitt to resign over ethanol
Des Moines Register: Sen. Chuck Grassley says he will ask EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt to quit if he continues to undermine the president’s commitment to the federal mandate requiring ethanol to be blended into the nation’s …
Read MoreONE GOOD READ: Scientists ‘transplant memories’ between sea snails via injection
‘Schindler’s List’ Holocaust survivor to give Grinnell commencement address
Holocaust survivor Celina Karp Biniaz, the youngest person on Oskar Schindler’s list and a 1952 graduate of Grinnell College, will give the commencement address at her alma mater on May 21. During the commencement ceremony, …
Read MoreREG added to S&P SmallCap 600
Ames-based biodiesel and specialty chemical producer Renewable Energy Group joined the S&P SmallCap 600 this week after Synchronoss Technologies Inc. was removed for failing to meet listing requirements. REG was added to the S&P SmallCap 600 …
Read MoreCity Health Dashboard takes data-driven approach to improving health
McLellan: Where are you listening?
Do you still have a customer service number that you promote on your product packaging, website or collateral material? Do you get many snail mail letters from disgruntled customers? How about drop-ins, asking to speak …
Read MoreThe Elbert Files: Smoke and mirrors
The truth about the $2 billion tax cut package approved by Iowa lawmakers a couple of weeks ago is that much of it is smoke and mirrors and is unlikely to occur in the time …
Read MoreGoing mobile
In the next few years, you might be saying goodbye to that file cabinet of insurance policies.
In April’s final presentations at the Global Insurance Symposium, each pitch rejected the most common accusation leveled at …
Creating a neighborhood
Just a couple of blocks from Newton’s historic downtown stands a neighborhood in waiting in the form of the former Maytag corporate campus.
Maytag has been out of the picture in Newton for a little …
ONE GOOD READ: Lessons from states that got tax reform right — and 1 that didn’t
Will Iowa’s efforts at tax reform lead to an improved economy or financial ruin? A new report from the Tax Foundation on state tax reform focuses on initiatives from three states and one district that …
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