Archive for July 2019
State agency board approves controversial purchase of office building
The Iowa Finance Authority Board today approved buying an office building it is currently leasing from Hubbell Realty Co. at 1963 Bell Ave. The agency will pay $7.59 million for the building, 67% more than …
Read MoreHotel Fort Des Moines awarded $16.2 million in tax credits
The 102-year-old Hotel Fort Des Moines this week was award $16.2 million in historic preservation tax credits by the Iowa Economic Development Authority.
The downtown hotel, located at 1000 Walnut St., received more than half …
Need more parking for customers? Buy a parcel, build a lot
Every week, more than 6,000 vehicles vie for free two-hour parking in the 145-space lot adjacent to the multi-tenant commercial building at 300 Martin Luther King Parkway, owned by one of entrepreneur Rich Eychaner’s companies.…
Read MoreMercyOne opens pediatric urgent care clinic in Des Moines
MercyOne Des Moines Pediatrics Urgent Care Clinic recently opened near the MercyOne Medical Center campus in Des Moines. The clinic, which is dedicated solely to treating children, specializes in providing after-hours treatment for common conditions …
Read MoreLawsuit alleges state agencies underpaid nurses for overtime
Five registered nurses at state-owned facilities have filed a class-action lawsuit against the state of Iowa, alleging that the state failed to pay them proper overtime wages, Iowa Public Radio reported. The lawsuit, filed in Polk …
Read MoreState’s Medicaid expenses to increase 6.5% under new contracts
Iowa’s total Medicaid spending will increase by 8.6% this fiscal year, under new contracts with the state’s two managed care organizations, the Iowa Department of Human Services announced today. The department has signed contracts for fiscal …
Read MorePolk, Dallas boards finish reviews of nearly 9,000 property valuation protests
Reviews of nearly 9,000 protests of property valuations have been completed by boards of review in Polk and Dallas counties.
In Polk County, the review board lowered the overall assessed value of property by more …
Business Record 7-12-19
The art of the new festival
Back in 2008, on the first night of the first 80/35 Music Festival, Des Moines Music Coalition cofounder Justin Schoen was learning about Twitter.
“There wasn’t near the kind of reach that there is now,” …
Read MoreNOTEBOOK – One Good Read: UI professor: Here’s how the legal system squeezed out alternatives to the automobile
University of Iowa College of Law Associate Professor Gregory H. Shill wrote an interesting piece for The Atlantic that looks at how lawmakers essentially made America car-dependant by law. Here’s a short excerpt from his piece, which …
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