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Project Revoice gives voices back to ALS patients — digitally

The ALS Association on Thursday launched Project Revoice, an international initiative to help people with ALS (also known as motor neuron disease) record their voices so they still use their “voice” after they lose their …

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TAI winners include Sukup, REG, Cedar Rapids

The Technology Association of Iowa and LWBJ have given this year’s Prometheus Awards to a slate of innovative companies and individuals, including venture capital fund Next Level Ventures, Circle Computer Resources and Phantom EFX.

TAI …

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FDA approves first product for Coralville-based IDx

Corridor Business Journal: IDx, a University of Iowa spinout company based in Coralville, has received FDA approval to market IDx-DR, the  first medical device to use artificial intelligence to detect greater than a mild level of …

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Downtown Farmers’ Market to open May 5

The Downtown Farmers’ Market will open for its 43rd season on May 5. The market, produced by the Greater Des Moines Partnership, will be held every Saturday morning from May 5 through Oct. 27, from 7 a.m. …

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DART launches digital trip planner

The Des Moines Area Regional Transit Authority (DART) has launched a new trip planner at ridedart.com and on the MYDART app. Key features include a better search function for locations and finding nearby bus stops, plus a …

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Trump considers Depression-era credit program to aid farmers hurt by trade dispute

President Donald Trump is reportedly considering a 1933 program to aid American farmers caught in the middle of a trade dispute between Trump and China, the Washington Post reports. The Trump administration is reviewing the Commodity …

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Cedar Rapids security firm finds growing demand for cameras at schools, universities

When Marc Meyer founded the video security management startup Inteconnex in Cedar Rapids eight years ago, it was expected that the web-based cameras could serve security needs for systems like Mercy Medical Center, or Lincoln, …

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In meeting with Iowans et al., Trump says he may revive TPP

President Donald Trump met with farm-state interests today, leaving open the possibility that the Trans Pacific Partnership, a top priority of Iowa business interests, may be renewed.

Trump had lumped TPP into a group of …

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Amerigroup Iowa once again is actively accepting Medicaid members’ applications

Cedar Rapids Gazette: Amerigroup Iowa once again is actively accepting Medicaid members as part of the state’s managed-care system. It is taking enrollees it previously had said it didn’t have capacity to include as well as …

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Trump to meet Iowa delegation about protecting farmers from tariffs

Des Moines Register: Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds, U.S. Sens. Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst, and other ag-state leaders will meet with President Donald Trump today to discuss how to protect farmers from a looming trade war. …