Archive for March 2022
On Leadership: Let’s keep making history: 10 ways women are advancing in the workplace and in the boardroom
When I was growing up, I had a “working mother.” That is what women who worked outside the home were called in the ’60s and ’70s. For a mom to have a career was not …
Read More$2M in federal funding to expand Iowa College and Career Transition Counselor program
Iowa’s community colleges will receive $2 million in federal funding for the College and Career Transition Counselor program, which will enable the colleges to expand the program. The community project funding, part of the omnibus spending bill …
Read MoreSBA extends EIDL program payment deferment to 30 months
The U.S. Small Business Administration announced today that it will extend the deferment period for payments on existing loans for an additional six months under the COVID Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program. With today’s …
Read MoreNew GAO report on representation, pay disparities marks Equal Pay Day
To mark Equal Pay Day, the chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, Carolyn Maloney, released a new Government Accountability Office analysis of women’s representation in management positions across industries and the status of the pay …
Read MoreRetirees, farmers will reap big benefits from Iowa’s new tax law
If there is only one thing that Iowa Republicans and Democrats can agree on regarding the sweeping new state income tax legislation that goes into effect next year, perhaps it’s this: The tax-cut package represents …
Read MoreCan the Des Moines area support two golf entertainment venues?
For more than a decade, Des Moines residents have consistently put Topgolf near the top of the list of national retailers they wanted in Central Iowa.
In the past three months, backers of two Topgolf-like …
Read MoreTiny bats spur removal of trees
Two species of bats are having a large effect on the development of a golf entertainment venue planned on 12 acres in Johnston.
The city of Johnston is allowing Stoye & Kann Development, the group …
Read MoreNOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: High gas prices present another hurdle in bringing workers back to the office
Just as big companies like Wells Fargo and Microsoft, which have long delayed returning to the office, announce their plans to restart in-person work, Andrea Hsu reports for NPR that now rising gas prices rather than pandemic …
Read MorePrairie Meadows CEO gets $800,000 bonus
Axios Des Moines: Prairie Meadows CEO Gary Palmer received an $800,000 bonus last week, according to minutes of a special casino board meeting obtained by Axios. That’s in addition to his $641,000 base salary. Palmer told …
Read MoreBoys’ basketball student-athlete scholarships announced by IBA
Four Iowa high school seniors received a 2022 Iowa Bankers Association Student Athlete Achievement Award during the Iowa High School Boys Basketball State Tournament on Friday in Des Moines. One student from each class received …
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