Archive for March 2023
1,000 homeless Iowa students helped by car dealerships, $30K in supplies
The Des Moines school district has over 1,000 homeless students, and employees at all seven dealerships of Stew Hansen & Dewey Dodge have joined to help them. On Monday, the dealerships packed 1,000 hygiene bags …
Read MoreUNI announces $200M raised for Our Tomorrow campaign
The University of Northern Iowa announced its Our Tomorrow campaign has raised $200 million of the $250 million goal. More than 25,600 donors have contributed the $200 million since the campaign began, according to a …
Read MoreBusiness owners, activists call for more ‘economic pressure’ on anti-LGBTQ bills
By Michael Crumb, Emily Kestel and Sarah Bogaards
More than 60 Des Moines-area small businesses have recently spoken out against proposed legislation at the Iowa Statehouse that they say would negatively affect the LGBTQ community. …
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This series was reported by Emily Kestel, Michael Crumb, Sarah Bogaards and Nora Felder. All photos are contributed, except where otherwise noted.
Editor’s note: As a business publication, one of the most pressing issues we’ve covered …
Read MoreA Closer Look: Carl Gordulic
Acquisitions have been a common occurrence during Carl Gordulic’s career.
Based in Youngstown, Ohio, he started as chief financial officer for Cedar Rapids-based Involta in January following the acquisition of Involta by Carlyle Group in …
Read MoreA conversation on inclusion with Joshua Barr
Editor’s note: This interview with Joshua Barr, owner of Raising the Barr LLC and former director of the Des Moines Civil and Human Rights Commission, is part of a Business Record series on workplace inclusion …
Read MoreA conversation with author and professor Matt Walsh on Iowa’s refugee resettlement
This interview has been lightly edited and condensed for clarity
What were some of your main takeaways from writing the book “The Good Governor: Robert Ray and the Indochinese Refugees of Iowa”?
I was just …
Read MoreThe Elbert Files: ‘1776’ still a revelation
The 1969 Tony Award-winning musical “1776” was one of the first performances I saw in the then-new C.Y. Stephens Auditorium in 1971. Fifty-two years later, I still remember how curious it was that a musical …
Read MoreIowa’s first black-owned bank is making change
For the last two years, ReShonda Young has been in the process of opening the first Black-owned bank in Iowa. Young had opened her own businesses before — she founded and franchised the successful gourmet …
Read MoreLack of educators fueling a nationwide nursing shortage
The health care industry has been stretched thin by the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent employee burnout, but industry experts saw a nursing shortage coming before the pandemic began.
The cause is a whirlwind of factors …
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