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No Metro bus service on Thursday

The Des Moines Area Regional Transit Authority will not offer bus service on Thursday because it’s Thanksgiving. On Friday, buses will run on a Saturday schedule. Regular service will resume on Saturday. Read more…
By BPC Staff | Nov 23, 2015
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CFO of the Year nominations now open

The Business Record is now accepting nominations for the 2016 Deloitte CFO of the Year award.   The award will serve to honor an individual for outstanding performance in his or her role as corporate…
By CHRIS CONETZKEY | Nov 23, 2015
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Des Moines considers $8 million in federal funds for transportation projects

The Des Moines City Council will consider tonight whether to seek $8.3 million in federal funding for $63 million in street, bridge and trail projects.


Those projects include the Southeast Connector project that extends Martin…
By BPC Staff | Nov 23, 2015
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Grinnell College’s Lindgren named Iowa Professor of the Year

A Grinnell College professor who helps students from groups traditionally underrepresented in the sciences find success in scientific fields has been named the 2015 Iowa Professor of the Year by a national program. Clark Lindgren, …
By BPC Staff | Nov 23, 2015
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McClure Engineering to merge with Red Oak rail specialists

McClure Engineering Co. of Clive has signed a definitive agreement to merge with JFSCO Engineering of Red Oak, according to a release. With the merger, McClure will add rail design and terminal transloading facility design …
By BPC Staff | Nov 23, 2015
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Optimae LifeServices receives three-year accreditation

Optimae LifeServices has received a three-year accreditation from CARF International, an independent, nonprofit accrediting organization. The accreditation represents the highest level of recognition awarded to an organization and shows substantial conformance to Commission on Accreditation …
By BPC Staff | Nov 23, 2015
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Young entrepreneurs to host 2016 convention in Des Moines

The Young Entrepreneur Convention will hit Iowa’s capital city early next year. The meeting’s founders, including several Iowa entrepreneurs, are billing it as a way to encourage millennials to pursue their business ideas, reports DesMoinesRegister.com…
By BPC Staff | Nov 23, 2015
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Water Works restarts nitrate-removal facility

Des Moines Water Works restarted its nitrate-removal system Friday, reporting that it could no longer meet federal drinking water standards without using it.


The utility had been using water from the Des Moines River and…
By BPC Staff | Nov 23, 2015
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U.S. gender pay gap is getting worse

BY LIFT IOWA STAFF | @LiftIOWA

    Ladies, mark your calendars. In the year 2133, your earnings will finally match those of your male colleagues.

It will take 118 years for the economic gap…
By BPC Staff | Nov 23, 2015
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Survey: One in four large employers at risk for ‘Cadillac’ tax

The good news from a new survey by Mercer is that average per-employee health benefit costs in the United States increased by just 3.8 percent in 2015, slightly less than in 2014 and the third…
By BUSINESS RECORD STAFF | Nov 20, 2015