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Seneca Cos. announces senior leadership changes

Seneca Cos. has named Chris Biellier as vice president of Environmental Services and strategic partnerships. In addition to oversight of Seneca’s Environmental Services and Remediation & Process Controls divisions, Biellier, who has been with Seneca for …
By BPC Staff | Dec 10, 2018
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Farm Bill action expected this week

The latest farm bill largely will retain programs as they already are, sidestepping a House proposal to place work requirements on SNAP, the food assistance program. 

The legislation is always contentious and complicated. Here is …
By PERRY BEEMAN | Dec 10, 2018
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Leading with values: Integrity

Submitted by Lead Like A Lady | Des Moines 

Board members from Lead Like a Lady, a women’s leadership group in Central Iowa, share advice in the third installment of a video series about how to …
By BPC Staff | Dec 10, 2018
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Guest Opinion: What I’ve learned from quitters

By Daphne Christensen | Practice manager, Koch Facial Plastic Surgery & Spa 

As I write this, I am sitting ergonomically incorrect at my windowless office in a bustling West Des Moines medical practice. My space is …
By BPC Staff | Dec 10, 2018
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Downtown Iowa City’s nighttime mayor leaves inaugural role

Corridor Business Journal: Angela Winnike, the Iowa City Downtown District’s first “nighttime mayor,” is leaving after little more than a year and a half in the role. Winnike, who also works as chief of retail …
By BPC Staff | Dec 10, 2018
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Dec. 18: 40/30 Celebration (updated event)

Host: Young Women’s Resource Center and Chrysalis Foundation
About: This event will recognize the closing of the Young Women’s Resource Center’s 40th anniversary and the start of Chrysalis’ 30th anniversary, and will include activities, refreshments, …
By BPC Staff | Dec 10, 2018
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Jan. 16: Women Impacting ISU Calendar Reception

Host: Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics
About: An unveiling celebration is held each January to publicly honor the women selected to appear on the annual Women Impacting ISU calendar. The calendar was …
By BPC Staff | Dec 10, 2018
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In Case You Missed It – Lift IOWA: 12-10-18

IOWA

The Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics at Iowa State University awarded 26 Legacy of Heroines scholarships to students this academic year. Recipients were announced last month on the Catt Center’s website. 

Tamara …
By BPC Staff | Dec 10, 2018
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On The Rise: 12-10-18

Julie Jindrich (pictured)
Quad-Cities Chamber of Commerce
Hired as director of business intelligence
Davenport

Jolene Bopp
American Heart Association
Hired as director of communications
Des Moines

Holly Ausborn
North Star Community Services
Promoted to day …
By BPC Staff | Dec 10, 2018
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Iowa Let Major Medicaid Provider Keep $2.4M in Overpayments

U.S. News: After a major provider agreed to stay in Iowa’s troubled Medicaid program, state officials quietly let its hospitals and clinics keep $2.4 million in mistaken overpayments. UnityPoint Health threatened to quit Iowa’s Medicaid program …
By BPC Staff | Dec 7, 2018