Archive for May 2021
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Quality photography of a restaurant’s menu items, an artist’s crafted items or a storefront’s product range can boost the visibility of small businesses online. Yet Lisa Shimkat, state director of America’s Small Business Development Center …
Read MorePower Breakfast: 9 ideas to keep in mind during COVID recovery
Making homeownership dreams more equitable and accessible
Almardi Abdalla, vice president of family and workforce programs, Oakridge Neighborhood Services
Despite our dark history and our philosophical differences on how we move this great nation forward, …
Read MoreBusiness Record 5-14-21
Cover story: Have we reached the ‘final frontier’ with real-time payments?
Focus: Banking and finance
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Read MoreNOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: Why attending kindergarten — in person — matters
Jane Hudson and Pat Brown were the two most important teachers in my three kids’ lives. Mrs. Hudson taught kindergarten; Mrs. Brown, first grade. It was in those two classes that kids who went to …
Read MoreIowa ranks third-worst for problem ’puppy mills,’ Humane Society report says
Cedar Rapids Gazette: Iowa ranks third-worst in the country for problem “puppy mills” that breed and raise their dogs in “inhumane and unsafe conditions,” according to a report issued this week by the Humane Society of …
Read MoreIowa missed its lofty biofuels goal
Axios Des Moines: Iowa’s longtime goal to replace 25% of petroleum used in gasoline with biofuels by 2020 fell far short, a new report from the Iowa Department of Revenue shows. The state reached a record …
Read MoreBanking seminar scheduled in September
“The New Legal Landscape,” a banking seminar presented by Dickinson, Mackaman, Tyler & Hagen PC, will be held virtually on Sept. 1. The daylong seminar will focus on issues and opportunities community banks experience during …
Read MoreIowa secretary of state joins #BizSchemeSOS partnership
Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate has joined his National Association of Secretaries of State colleagues in a new education effort, #BizSchemeSOS. The goal is to encourage the public, business owners and future entrepreneurs to …
Read MoreIowa DHS allocates more than $5M in pandemic relief for Iowa foster youths
The Iowa Department of Human Services announced Tuesday it has allocated more than $5 million in new funding to benefit current and former foster care youths adversely affected by COVID-19. Pandemic Relief for Iowa Foster Youth and …
Read MoreNOTEBOOK: Experts say largest Iowa health systems not in compliance with price transparency rule
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services recently began sending noncompliance letters to health systems and hospitals across the country that are not meeting the requirements of a new federal rule that went into effect …
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