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Empty office space on the rise; industrial space is tight

Businesses continued to move out of older space and into new or renovated offices, resulting in a slight increase in Greater Des Moines office vacancies to 13.7 percent in the first quarter, according to a …

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Polk County considers urban renewal area for Norwoodville

Polk County supervisors will have a public hearing May 15 on the creation of an urban renewal plan for the Norwoodville area in a section of the county east of Interstate 235, west of Fourmile …

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Vilsack signs on to rural political effort

Sioux City Journal: Tom Vilsack has joined a nationwide effort to help spread the liberal message in rural America in advance of the 2018 midterm elections. Vilsack, the secretary of agriculture in the Obama administration and …

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Iowa students can now earn ‘Seal of Biliteracy’ on high school diplomas

Gov. Kim Reynolds today signed Senate File 475, which enacts a Seal of Biliteracy program to recognize high school graduates who attain proficiency in a second language other than English. A broad coalition of elected officials and …

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Des Moines gets nod for clean air; Davenport’s worsens

The American Lung Association’s annual State of the Air report listed Des Moines and West Des Moines among cities with the cleanest air, based on smog levels. Those two cities, along with Ames, Cedar Rapids, Iowa City, …

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Iowa has company in wind milestone

Iowa, which became the first state to produce more than 30 percent of its electricity with wind, now has company. Kansas, Oklahoma and South Dakota also reached that milestone last year, the American Wind Energy …

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World-traveling Byers assesses China, tariffs

Greater Des Moines Partnership CEO Jay Byers visited China April 7-15, and came back optimistic that the trade tensions between the giant Asian country and the United States will ease. 

Byers has been representing the United …

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Utilities Board approves Alliant wind project

The Iowa Utilities Board has approved advance ratemaking principles for Alliant Energy’s $890 million New Wind II project expected to add 500 megawatts of capacity. The utility will get a return on equity of 11 …

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Fareway Shamrocks MDA fundraiser nets over $163,500

The Muscular Dystrophy Association of Iowa announced that its 2018 Fareway Shamrocks fundraising program raised $163,553 to help free kids and adults from the harm of muscular dystrophy, ALS and related muscle-debilitating diseases. This is …

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Whether to tax credit unions’ income a sticking point in Iowa tax reform debate


Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier: Whether credit unions should be taxed the same as banks remains a point of contention as state lawmakers attempt to reform Iowa’s tax laws. Currently, banks pay a 5 percent state tax on …

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