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Study: Child care costs surpass college tuition costs

 

The cost of child care in the United States for many parents is more than the cost of in-state college tuition, according to a new study from the think tank New America.


BizWomen.com reported that college tuition…
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Opinion: The nuanced design behind gender equality

BY LORI CHESSER | Partner and department chair, Davis Brown Law Firm   Despite so many improvements, gender equality in the workplace (let alone in other parts of life) often seems like a chimera: something that…
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Study: Women leaning in, but still face obstacles

  A new survey of working women conducted by McKinsey & Co., in partnership with LeanIn.org, released last week revealed how they view moving into the upper ranks of their career and the obstacles they…
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University of Iowa Health Care leader stepping down

Cedar Rapids Gazette: The head of the $1.9 billion University of Iowa Health Care enterprise and dean of the UI Carver College of Medicine announced today that he’s stepping down but intends to stay on the …

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Obama issues disaster declaration for 8 Iowa counties

Cedar Rapids Gazette: President Barack Obama has issued a major disaster declaration and ordered federal aid to supplement state and local recovery efforts in eight northeast Iowa counties that were damaged by severe storms, straight-line winds, …

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Reynolds plans trade mission to Argentina, Uruguay

Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds leaves this weekend for a privately financed trade mission to Argentina and Uruguay. She hopes to expand exports to the areas on a trip financed by the Iowa Economic Development Authority …

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Beginning Saturday, try to run your East Village errands in under 4 hours

Beginning Saturday, about 30 parking meters in Des Moines’ East Village will max out at fours, down from their current 10-hour limit as part of an effort to encourage people to find alternative methods of …

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Iowa bankers insurance group names new president

Chad Ellsworth

Chad Ellsworth has been named president of Iowa Bankers Insurance and Services Inc. (IBIS), an affiliate of the Iowa Bankers Association, according to a release. He will replace Merritt Krause, who will retire …

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Iowa bankers insurance group names new president

Chad Ellsworth

Chad Ellsworth has been named president of Iowa Bankers Insurance and Services Inc. (IBIS), an affiliate of the Iowa Bankers Association, according to a release. He will replace Merritt Krause, who will retire …

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R&R plans new office complex in West Des Moines

R&R Realty Group will move its West Des Moines headquarters west across Jordan Creek Parkway to a new $27 million, 180,000-square-foot office campus that the multifaceted real estate company has on the drawing boards, according …