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Fareway tests meat market concept

Des Moines Register: Fareway Stores Inc. is capitalizing on what it does best: meat. The Boone-based grocery store chain known for thick steaks and hearty chops will open its first Fareway Meat Market on May 26 …
By BPC Staff | May 18, 2016
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Event June 2: Open for Business; What’s Next?

Host: BrownWinick About: Practical tips and information regarding the most common legal challenges for female small-business owners. When: 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Where: Two Ruan Center

Learn more >>>…
By BPC Staff | May 18, 2016
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State panel moves to save communities cash — or ‘weaken’ water quality protection

A trio of business and government groups has asked the Iowa Environmental Protection Commission to change state rules in an effort to overturn environmentalists’ March court victory in a water quality case.

Depending on the…
By PERRY BEEMAN | May 18, 2016
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Polk County computers taken down by virus, now up again

The Polk County government’s computer network, which includes your property information and tax records, succumbed Friday to a Trojan virus, The Des Moines Register reported. Property tax databases, financial records and contact lists on mobile phones and …
By BPC Staff | May 17, 2016
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VIDEO: April net general fund revenue decreases 19%

Iowa’s net general fund revenue decreased $78 million in April, a decrease of nearly 19 percent when compared with April 2015, said Jeff Robinson, a senior fiscal analyst for the Legislative Services Agency, in his…
By BPC Staff | May 17, 2016
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Goss: Inflation will rise

Creighton University economist Ernie Goss includes a modest increase in inflation in his May economic outlook. Here are his main bullet points: There’s a 55 percent chance the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates in…
By BPC Staff | May 17, 2016
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MPO awards $13 million for 18 transportation projects

The Des Moines Area Metropolitan Planning Organization has awarded $13 million for 18 transportation projects that include new road sections, bridges and maintenance. Included are grants for the Southeast Connector and the Court Avenue bridge in …
By BPC Staff | May 17, 2016
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New Waukee school to sprout development; here’s who owns the land

The city of Waukee will pay $39,000 an acre for 160 acres of land that will be part of a joint project with the Waukee Community School District.


The majority of the land will be…
By KENT DARR | May 17, 2016
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Event June 16: Living, Working, Serving With Purpose

Host: Foster Group, The Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines, and The Robert D. and Billie Ray Center at Drake University
About: This event will feature speakers Sen. William W. Bradley (managing director of Allen & Co.…
By BPC Staff | May 17, 2016
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Ankeny approves development agreement for Baker Group project

Baker Group, a Des Moines-based construction contractor, plans to relocate 480 jobs to Ankeny, where it has proposed building a $22 million office and manufacturing plant, The Des Moines Register reported. The Ankeny City Council approved an …
By BPC Staff | May 17, 2016
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