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School district faces $900,000 budget hole after taxing error on Facebook’s data center

Des Moines Register: The Bondurant-Farrar school district is facing an $894,285 loss — about 3.5% of its budget — after the county assessor failed to exempt Facebook’s latest data center building from property taxes. The $52.4 …

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Wells Fargo’s new downtown branch opens Oct. 7

Wells Fargo’s newly relocated downtown branch will open at 9 a.m. Oct. 7 at 801 Walnut St. The current downtown branch at 666 Walnut will close permanently at noon Oct. 4. The new branch will …

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Iowa universities will seek $18 million more from state next year

After Iowa lawmakers fell $6 million shy of funding the Board of Regent’s full appropriations request for the current budget year, the board is again asking for an $18 million increase in general education support …

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A rough summer for Iowa lakes

The Iowa Environmental Council reports that outbreaks of toxic algae were up this summer, and there were dozens of advisories warning swimmers of high bacteria levels in public lake swimming areas. 

The nonprofit coalition notes that in …

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ACLU gives Johnston award to Nixon Peabody partners

ACLU of Iowa will present its Dan Johnston Cooperating Attorney Award to Nixon Peabody partners Seth Horvath, Thomas Hecht and Tina Solis. The team of Chicago-based attorneys worked on transgender rights lawsuits in Iowa challenging denial …

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DMOS opens Urgent Injury Walk-in Clinic in Ankeny

Des Moines Orthopaedic Surgeons has expanded its services by opening an Urgent Injury Walk-In Clinic in Ankeny. The clinic, located at the DMOS Orthopaedic Centers at 350 N.E. 36th St. that opened two years ago, …

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Burmeister to D.M. council: Long-term housing plan needed

Eric Burmeister (left), executive director of the Polk County Housing Trust Fund, at Monday’s Des Moines City Council meeting. Des Moines City Councilman Joe Gatto (right) reacts to comments made by Burmeister about the need …

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Partnership, ABI, 77 others lobby for USMCA agreement

The Greater Des Moines Partnership and the Iowa Association of Business and Industry were among 79 organizations that this week signed a joint letter to Iowa’s congressional delegation in support of the United States-Mexico-Canada Trade Agreement.

“This …

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‘Logan’s Law’ expands organ donation opportunities for Iowans

The Iowa Donor Network and the Iowa Department of Natural Resources have launched a new organ, eye and tissue donor registry that will enable Iowans to register as organ, eye and tissue donors when they …

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EMC purchase of public shares gains support of proxy advisory firms

EMC Insurance Group Inc.’s proposal to take the company private now has the backing of two independent proxy advisory firms, the Des Moines-based insurer announced. Last week, a leading independent proxy advisory firm, Glass Lewis & …