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Event April 10: 2016 Fight for Air Climb

More than 30 companies have already signed up to organize teams for this year’s Fight for Air Climb, scheduled on Sunday, April 10, in downtown Des Moines. Almost 90 cents of every dollar raised goes …
By BPC Staff | Feb 4, 2016
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U-C study: Most areas could feed themselves with food from a 50-mile radius

A University of California, Merced environmental engineering professor recently published a study that found that most of the country could grow enough food within 50 miles to feed nearly all of the local population.


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By BUSINESS RECORD STAFF | Feb 4, 2016
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Three potential economic threats for Iowa

So, what indicators out there are keeping our industry experts and economists sleeping with one eye open? We wanted to hear what they are watching in 2016 and beyond. Below are three of the 13 threats…
By CHRIS CONETZKEY | Feb 4, 2016
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Iowa City named Blue Zones Community

Iowa City has been named a certified Blue Zones Community, the 15th city in Iowa to earn the designation. A collaboration of Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Healthways Inc. and Blue Zones LLC, the …
By BPC Staff | Feb 4, 2016
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PR: GOP lawmakers want sales tax to pay for schools, not water quality

Statehouse Republicans are attempting to short-circuit a proposal by GOP colleague Gov. Terry Branstad to extend a sales tax intended for education so part of the money could be used to clean up Iowa’s waterways, Iowa …
By BPC Staff | Feb 4, 2016
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State audit: Unemployment paid to ’employees’ of fictitious companies

Fraudulent unemployment benefits claims, including some from people whose employers turned out to be fictitious, resulted in $900,000 in improper payments by Iowa Workforce Development over three years, The Des Moines Register reported, based on a state …
By BPC Staff | Feb 4, 2016
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Two state agencies to jointly administer state historic tax credit program

     With an application window opening Feb. 15 for what could be a $10 million round of funding for state of Iowa historic tax credits, representatives from two state agencies — the Iowa Economic…
By KENT DARR | Feb 4, 2016
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Polk County will provide up to $29 million for convention center hotel in Des Moines

Wealthy foreign nationals will not have a part in the financing of the Iowa Events Center Hotel after Polk County supervisors decided to loan up to $29 million for the 330-room convention hotel when construction…
By KENT DARR | Feb 3, 2016
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Code Consortium update

The Central Iowa Code Consortium, organized under Capital Crossroads as a way to bring some conformity to building standards, could complete its work this spring and have a draft code ready for distribution for review…
By BPC Staff | Feb 3, 2016
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Ankeny plans new library as part of effort to meet future facility needs

The Ankeny City Council has approved an estimated $17 million in new construction and renovations to help it meet future facility needs. Topping the list is a $13.5 million library and City Council chambers that…
By BPC Staff | Feb 3, 2016