Archive for January 2021
Business Record 1-15-21
Iowa Community Capital expands microlending reach to Black community
Focus: Banking & Finance
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Read MoreElbert: Taxes: The big picture
State government released a bunch of tax reports recently, as it does at the end of every year before a new session of the Iowa General Assembly.
There is a tendency to view such reports …
NOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: Amazon is sparking a boom in air cargo construction
The past year has seen a drop in passenger airplane traffic as people stayed home to avoid spreading — or catching — COVID-19. And while hunkering down at home, people have been online buying myriad …
Read MoreElbert: Taxes: The big picture
State government released a bunch of tax reports recently, as it does at the end of every year before a new session of the Iowa General Assembly.
There is a tendency to view such reports …
D.M. sets ambitious targets to lower greenhouse gas emissions, go carbon-free by 2035
Des Moines Register: Des Moines now boasts some of the most ambitious city-level sustainability goals in the country, climate advocates and elected officials agree. In a unanimous vote Monday night, the Des Moines City Council passed …
Read MoreUrban Dreams receives Variety grant to complete Urban Dreams Courtyard play area
Urban Dreams will install new percussion play instruments in the Urban Dreams Courtyard with grant funds received from Variety — the Children’s Charity, Urban Dreams announced this week. The percussion play instruments will be installed in the …
Read MoreLCS partners with TalentGro to offer registered apprenticeships at care facilities
Two Iowa senior living communities managed by Des Moines-based LCS Corp. are using a state grant to fund registered apprenticeship programs for training health care and culinary workers. The program is one of 46 across the state that in …
Read MoreIowa small business owners call on Congress for more federal aid on Virtual Hill Day
Forty small business owners from across Iowa today joined 2,000 of their peers from all 50 states and the District of Columbia in calling on Congress to pass additional federal pandemic relief they say is …
Read MoreReynolds outlines broadband expansion, increased investment in child care and mental health during Condition of the State address
Gov. Kim Reynolds speaks during her Condition of the State address Tuesday evening. Photo by Bryon Houlgrave/Des Moines Register.
Gov. Kim Reynolds called Tuesday for an ambitious expansion of the state’s broadband infrastructure and increased investment …
Read MoreVIDEO: 2021 Legislative Forecast – First Question
What will the 2021 Iowa legislative session mean for business? During this conversation we looked at what issues may come up in the 2021 Iowa legislative session that could affect decisions made by the …
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