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Polk County courts begin using pretrial risk assessments

Polk County district courts today began using the Public Safety Assessment, a pretrial risk assessment, in all pretrial hearings. The PSA assists judges in determining whether to detain or release a defendant before trial, the …

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Study: Insurance regulators less likely to intervene in election years

New research from the Wisconsin School of Business has found that the likelihood of regulatory interventions by state insurance departments decreases significantly in election years. The University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers concluded that appointed state insurance …

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Des Moines Water Works gains energy savings certification

Des Moines Water Works recently gained recognition of energy savings at the Fleur Drive plant, including certification to the ISO 50001 standards and Superior Energy Performance program. Water Works officials said they don’t know of …

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Give your 2 cents about $14 million in grants

The Des Moines Area Metropolitan Planning Organization is asking for your opinion on how the agency will distribute $14 million in federal money that drew $22 million in requests. The 24 projects are described online and you can …

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Iowa, 20 other states sue FCC over net neutrality

Attorney General Tom Miller today joined a 21-state federal lawsuit challenging the Federal Communications Commission’s decision last month to repeal net neutrality regulations.

The 21 states, plus the District of Columbia, asked the U.S. Court …

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Back in business?

The Iowa Legislature is back in session, and business groups are hoping to push through tax reforms — one of the few big-ticket items they didn’t win last session. 

The major organizations representing business also …

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NOTEBOOK: Who’s in the January 19 issue?

Here’s a list of local people in the January 19 issue of the Business Record and the page number of the article in which they are mentioned. Members can read all of this week’s stories …

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NOTEBOOK: In case you missed it…

In case you missed it…
A brief look back at news from the past week.

Berkshire, MidAmerican job shuffles
Longtime MidAmerican Energy executive Bill Fehrman has been promoted. http://bit.ly/2mner2i

Longtime MidAmerican Energy executive Bill Fehrman…
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Event Preview: 2018 Economic Forecast Luncheon

While the stock market continues to hum, new and unpredictable variables present opportunities and potential hurdles for businesses in 2018, including federal tax reform going into effect, changes to the state’s tax environment coming, and …

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When opportunity knocks

Sue Clark likes to say that she has an education in the school of hard knocks, and she’s glad for the opportunity. A career in real estate started out with a career in sales — …