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Mercy Iowa City unable to find new health care partner

Corridor Business Journal: Mercy Iowa City is ending its search to find a new health care partner, instead opting to remain affiliated with the MercyOne health network. A spokesperson with Mercy Iowa City confirmed to the …
By BPC Staff | Jul 29, 2022
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Hy-Vee’s new CEO has vowed to make the company a ‘destination of health care’

Des Moines Register: Hy-Vee’s new top executive wants to turn the grocery store into a “destination for health care.” Aaron Wiese, a veteran employee who started at Hy-Vee as a teenager, will become the West Des …
By BPC Staff | Jul 29, 2022
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ISU 2022 external funding breaks $600M

Iowa State University’s total external funding for the 2022 fiscal year broke $600 million for the first time with a total of $601.7 million. This year’s funding is $42.6 million, or 7.6%, higher than the …
By BPC Staff | Jul 29, 2022
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13 communities receive Great Places designation

The Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs has announced that 13 communities will receive support through two placemaking programs focused on the creative development of arts, culture and history. According to a news release, the cultural affairs …
By BPC Staff | Jul 29, 2022
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Miller, AGs reach $2.37B agreement with Allergan for opioids settlement

Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller and a bipartisan group of AGs announced this morning an agreement in principle to address the opioid crisis, for the second time this week. The proposed settlement on important financial terms would …
By BPC Staff | Jul 29, 2022
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Restaurant, DSM Culinary will be tenants in new Valley Junction development

Street-level space in a building under construction at 304 Fifth St. in West Des Moines’ Valley Junction will include a restaurant and DSM Culinary. Architectural rendering by Pelds Design Services Photo below: A view of the street-level space …
By KATHY A. BOLTEN | Jul 29, 2022
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Bridgestone-Firestone workers rally for better employment contract

KCCI-TV: United Steel Workers 310 represents more than 900 Bridgestone-Firestone workers. On Thursday, they walked from their union office across Second Avenue to the tire plant. Most had signs asking for a fair and equitable contact. …
By BPC Staff | Jul 29, 2022
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Newland named president and CEO of UnityPoint Clinic

UnityPoint Health has named Dr. Patricia Newland as president and CEO of UnityPoint Clinic, effective Aug. 14. Newland, who joined UnityPoint Clinic in 2000 as a board-certified, practicing family physician, was most recently medical director of primary …
By BPC Staff | Jul 29, 2022
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Miller seeks $133M from tobacco companies over withheld payments

Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller is accusing Philip Morris USA, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., and 16 other tobacco companies of defrauding the state of more than $133 million in withheld payments it owes Iowa, according …
By BPC Staff | Jul 29, 2022
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DMARC report highlights disparities in food insecurity, issues call for action to end lasting effects of redlining

People of color continued to experience food insecurity at disproportionately higher levels than others, according to a report from the Des Moines Area Religious Council that details just how  much more frequently people of color …
By MICHAEL CRUMB | Jul 29, 2022