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Home-based businesses can access insurance primer

More than half of the 28 million small businesses in the United States are home-based. But without proper insurance planning, even the most promising home-based business dream can quickly turn into a nightmare, according to …
By BPC Staff | Mar 3, 2015
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New consortium formed to save monarch butterflies

The new Iowa Monarch Conservation Consortium will attempt to improve habitat and conditions for an iconic Iowa species that has been fighting to stay on the landscape: monarch butterflies.

 

The state agriculture and natural resources departments …
By BPC Staff | Mar 3, 2015
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Johnston, West Des Moines will pass, for now, on state development program

The cities of Johnston and West Des Moines will not refile applications this year for approval of special development districts under a state program that is in its second year and could fill the financing …
By KENT DARR | Mar 3, 2015
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Metro Arts Alliance announces 2015 AWE Award winners

The Metro Arts Alliance this week announced the winners of its second annual Art Within Everything (AWE) Awards, all of whom will be honored at the Dining for the Arts event on April 11. Among …
By BPC Staff | Mar 3, 2015
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Iowa Machinery Manufacturers Innovation Summit set for April 2

Registration is open for the Iowa Machinery Manufacturers Innovation Summitto be held April 2 at Gateway Hotel and Conference Center in Ames. Organized by Iowa State University’s Center for Industrial Research and Service (CIRAS), the event …
By BPC Staff | Mar 3, 2015
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Greater Des Moines house prices rose 3.6 percent January to January

Greater Des Moines house prices increased 3.6 percent in January from January 2014, real estate analytics firm CoreLogic Inc. said today. The December to January increase was 0.1 percent. Nationally, prices increased 5.7 percent from …
By BPC Staff | Mar 3, 2015
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Greater Des Moines house prices rose 3.6 percent January to January

Greater Des Moines house prices increased 3.6 percent in January from January 2014, real estate analytics firm CoreLogic Inc. said today. The December to January increase was 0.1 percent. Nationally, prices increased 5.7 percent from …
By BPC Staff | Mar 3, 2015
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CoOportunity liquidation order finalized

The Iowa Insurance Division on Monday issued a liquidation notice for CoOportunity Health that outlines the procedures that will be used for liquidating the failed health insurer’s assets and processing claims to creditors. In an order signed …
By BPC Staff | Mar 3, 2015
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Plan ahead to beat the ‘spring forward’ blahs

Here’s a statistic to yawn about. Six out of 10 U.S. adults feel adverse effects from daylight savings time the Monday after turning their clocks forward, and 40 percent of adults say it takes them …
By BPC Staff | Mar 3, 2015
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Nominations open for Better Together Award

The Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines is now accepting nominations for the 2015 Better Together Award. The Better Together Award recognizes nonprofit organizations, civic groups, collaborative partnerships and individuals who are building social capital …
By BPC Staff | Mar 2, 2015