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Website ranks Iowa third best-run state in U.S.

With the highest possible credit rating from both Moody’s Investors Service Inc. and Standard & Poor’s, as well as a stable outlook, Iowa is one of the best-run states in the country, coming in at …

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Greater Des Moines lands national cities meeting

Greater Des Moines will host the CEOs for Cities Spring 2016 National City Cluster Workshop.


The event will be June 26-28 in downtown Des Moines and will feature interactive workshops and activities that will focus…
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SBA opens nominations for awards

The U.S. Small Business Administration has opened nominations for its National Small Business Week Awards, among them the small business person of the year and the exporter of the year. See the special website for criteria. In addition, …

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Larry Zimpleman talks about scholarship in honor of son

Larry Zimpleman, chairman of the board for Principal Financial Group Inc., talks in a DesMoinesRegister.com video about the death of his son Jeff and the scholarship the family has established to honor Jeff’s love of travel.…

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Ames wants to create a new brand

Creating a brand for Ames is essential if the city wishes to attract young adults to live there, representatives of ZLR Ignition, a branding firm from Des Moines, told members of the Ames City Council …

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New revenue collection videos

The Iowa Legislative Services Agency is launching a new access portal for its monthly online videos about state revenue collections.    The videos feature the agency’s Jeff Robinson explaining which tax collections were up or…
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Builders could get it their way, for a time, in new Des Moines tax abatement program

Developers of large apartment complexes might catch a break from a recent change to the city of Des Moines tax abatement program that eliminated property tax rebates for their projects after Dec. 31.


On Monday,…
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Craig HIll re-elected Farm Bureau president

Craig Hill of Milo was re-elected president of the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation for a two-year term at the organization’s 97th annual meeting this week in Des Moines. Hill has served as president since 2011. …

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Three large health systems sign on to Iowa Medicaid plan

Three of Iowa’s biggest hospital-and-clinic systems have signed contracts to provide care to patients who will be enrolled in new Medicaid managed-care programs, Gov. Terry Branstad’s office announced Thursday. UnityPoint Health, the University of Iowa …

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Reynolds honored by Jobs for America’s Graduates

Iowa Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds has been named a recipient of a 2015 National Leadership Award by Jobs for America’s Graduates. Reynolds received the Government Leaders Award, and was recognized on Thursday at a Washington, …

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