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Manufacturers could gain $46 million in additional tax exemptions

A legislative rulemaking proposal could generate up to $46 million in additional tax exemptions for Iowa manufacturers, a move that a Democratic lawmaker said would unfairly bypass the legislative process, The Des Moines Register reported. The proposed …

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Event Oct. 15-16: Architects convene in Des Moines for fall conference

The Iowa and Central States Region chapters of the American Institute of Architects will host their 2015 fall convention, “Good Design,” Oct. 15 and 16 at the Community Choice Credit Union Convention Center at Veterans …

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DuPont CEO steps down

DuPont Co., which has been in an ongoing battle with activist Nelson Peltz to boost the company’s stock price, announced Monday that CEO Ellen Kullman will retire.


DuPont said Kullman will retire on Oct. 16…
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Global Insurance Accelerator hires Jackovin

The Global Insurance Accelerator, an initiative of the Greater Des Moines Partnership, announced Saturday that it has signed a contract with entrepreneur John Jackovin, founder of Bawte, a technology startup company that was shuttered in …

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Hubbell Avenue public discussion is Tuesday

The city of Des Moines will host an open house from 6 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at the East Side Library for the Hubbell Avenue Corridor Study Improvement project, which includes the evaluation of Hubbell …

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Drake details results of $216 million fundraising campaign

Drake University held a gala event Saturday to celebrate the completion of the university’s $216 million distinctlyDrake fundraising campaign. More than 350 of Drake’s top supporters gathered to recognize the transformative impact of the campaign, …

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Employee & Family Resources rolls out bilingual support program

Employee & Family Resources announced that it now provides bilingual individual and family counseling, along with in-home support to families, through its Para Ti program. Serving Polk, Dallas and Warren counties, EFR provides the support …

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Report: 68 percent of Iowa jobs will require postsecondary education by 2025

Gov. Terry Branstad and Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds today announced a goal for 70 percent of Iowans to have attained education or training beyond high school by 2025. Currently, 60 percent of Iowans have some…
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Millennials are optimistic about their financial future

Millennials are looking into the future and feeling pretty good about what they are seeing, according to a Wells Fargo & Co. survey.


The survey also detected a bit of a generational divide. The survey…
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Guest opinion: Hate the name, not the game

“Look at all these men making decisions about women’s bodies.”   This is the statement I heard at a coffeehouse last week between two women reading the paper. Of course, the headlining article was about…
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