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Capital Crossroads team visits St. Louis today

Thirteen members of the Capital Crossroads 2.0 committee are in St. Louis today learning about best practices in regionalism. Presentations will include information about a major greenway, art organizations and regional business groups, said Sophia …
By BPC Staff | Aug 1, 2016
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Teacher loan forgiveness program makes awards

Iowa College Aid announced that 126 teachers were offered awards as part of the Iowa Teacher Shortage Loan Forgiveness Program for 2015-16. The average repayment was $5,493, for a total of $692,171. The program, which …
By BPC Staff | Aug 1, 2016
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Actress Cloris Leachman visiting Des Moines

Des Moines native and Oscar-winning actress Cloris Leachman will return to her hometown the last weekend of this month to participate in several events in her honor. The 90-year-old star will travel from her home…
By BPC Staff | Aug 1, 2016
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Healthiest State Iowa gets new logo

Healthiest State Iowa is introducing a new logo that will appear on its website and all of its materials beginning Aug. 1. Thethree encircled icons in the center of the green silhouette of Iowa represent…
By BPC Staff | Aug 1, 2016
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Healthiest State Iowa gets new logo

Healthiest State Iowa is introducing a new logo that will appear on its website and all of its materials beginning Aug. 1. Thethree encircled icons in the center of the green silhouette of Iowa represent…
By BPC Staff | Aug 1, 2016
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D-Line shuttle gets $315K; Saturday service planned

The city of Des Moines has agreed to give $315,000 to the cash-strapped D-Line free shuttle service this year and next year after the transit agency agreed to add Saturday service.


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By PERRY BEEMAN | Aug 1, 2016
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A LIGHT LIFT: Google adds more professional women emojis

  More than 90 percent of the world’s online population uses emojis. But while there’s a huge range of emojis, there aren’t a lot that highlight the diversity of women’s careers, or empower young girls.…
By BPC Staff | Aug 1, 2016
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SPEAK UP: Handle criticism like a boss

  There’s always someone who has something to say about you when you lead, start a project or put your voice into the world. Three female leaders in tech and design recently offered their advice…
By BPC Staff | Aug 1, 2016
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Survey: Women need half as much funding as men to start a business

 Women can do more with less when it comes to funding required to start a business. That’s one takeaway from the most recent U.S. version of the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor, an annual survey that tracks…
By BPC Staff | Aug 1, 2016
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Metro Women Connect progresses; members sought

Iowa Women Lead Change plans to move forward with the creation of Metro Women Connect organization and is seeking interested members, the Cedar Rapids-based group said last week.
Metro Women Connect is part of IWLC’s…
By MEGAN VERHELST | Aug 1, 2016