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Friday, January 21, 2022 3:00 PM
Thousands of workers who cleaned and sanitized Iowa poultry facilities after bird flu killed millions of laying hens and turkeys were shorted $3.3 million in back wages and benefits, the U.S. Department of Labor said today.
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Friday, January 21, 2022 10:44 AM
Pressure to address teacher demographics in Iowa is mounting as the state's student population continues to diversify. Between 2000 and 2021, the percentage of students of color in public schools statewide rose from 9.7% to 26.1%.
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Friday, January 21, 2022 10:44 AM
A group of Iowa hospitality owners and operators has announced the formation of the Iowa Hotel & Lodging Association, a new nonprofit trade association that will promote, educate and advocate on behalf of the state’s more than 700 lodging establishments.
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Thursday, January 20, 2022 10:49 AM
With COVID cases surging in Iowa as students return to its public universities for the spring semester, the University of Iowa graduate student union is urging members to move all courses they’re teaching online for the first two weeks — despite UI policy barring such action without permission.
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Thursday, January 20, 2022 10:49 AM
Principal Financial Group is in advanced talks to sell two of its units, with capital reserves totaling $25 billion, to peer Talcott Resolution Life Insurance Co., according to people familiar with the matter.
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Thursday, January 20, 2022 10:48 AM
MidAmerican Energy has announced plans for a $3.9 billion renewable energy project in Iowa, including wind and solar generation, and the exploration of new technologies to advance the company’s transition to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions.
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Wednesday, January 19, 2022 3:39 PM
The spread of the omicron variant of COVID-19 across Iowa continued over the past week, according to data from the Iowa Department of Public Health, setting a pandemic record for new reported cases and sending the number of people hospitalized with the virus in Iowa over 1,000 at one point.
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Wednesday, January 19, 2022 10:46 AM
Vaccination rates among Polk County's government employees increased almost 9 percentage points since its vaccine-or-test mandate began in late September, according to records requested by Axios.
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Wednesday, January 19, 2022 10:46 AM
Waukee and Johnston school districts made moves last week to attract and retain substitutes as districts across the state struggle to adequately staff schools amid the ongoing pandemic.
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Wednesday, January 19, 2022 10:44 AM
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics Chief Executive Officer Suresh Gunasekaran — just three years after arriving to lead the state’s largest teaching hospital — is leaving to head the No. 9-ranked University of California San Francisco Academic Health System, the university announced Tuesday.
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Tuesday, January 18, 2022 10:44 AM
The University of Iowa is seeking help to ensure compliance with other states’ labor and payroll laws and practices for employees working outside Iowa, as the campus approves more remote-work arrangements amid COVID-propelled changes.
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Monday, January 17, 2022 10:00 AM
Des Moines Register: A onetime Taco Bell employee from Iowa is taking her fight against her former employer to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Thursday, January 13, 2022 3:32 PM
Members of the Urbandale Water Utility voted unanimously Wednesday to join Des Moines in its decision to begin taking steps to create a regional water utility.
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Thursday, January 13, 2022 10:22 AM
Drake University students will start the first two weeks of their spring semester remotely because of possible classroom disruptions from climbing COVID-19 cases.
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Thursday, January 13, 2022 10:22 AM
The Des Moines Register announced it will end home delivery on Saturdays and instead will provide subscribers with a full digital replica of the newspaper that day.
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