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Huge solar farm planned for decommissioned Duane Arnold nuclear plant site

Cedar Rapids Gazette: For more than four decades, the name of former Cedar Rapids utility executive Duane Arnold has been synonymous with nuclear power in Iowa. Now it could have a new connotation: a massive solar …
By BPC Staff | Mar 18, 2021
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Applications now open for Quality Pre-Apprenticeship Program Expansion Grant

Applications are now open for the Quality Pre-Apprenticeship Program Expansion grant, a funding opportunity to support the expansion of Quality Pre-Apprenticeship programs, Iowa Workforce Development announced this week. The maximum award amount is $20,400, and …
By BPC Staff | Mar 18, 2021
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CPA group says IRS filing and payment extension doesn’t go far enough

The one-month extension of the federal income tax filing and payment deadline for some taxpayers does not go far enough to help small business owners who most need the relief, says the American Institute of …
By BPC Staff | Mar 18, 2021
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HousingIowa Awards recognize outstanding housing initiatives

The Iowa Finance Authority recognized six Iowa affordable housing initiatives and advocates as part of the annual HousingIowa Awards. HousingIowa award categories include Innovation, Multifamily, Single-Family, Special Needs Development, Legislative Friend of Housing and the …
By BPC Staff | Mar 18, 2021
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Iowa Leading Indicators Index rises slightly, anticipates declines in unemployment insurance claims

The Iowa Leading Indicators Index increased to 104.7 in January from 104.3 in December. With six of the eight components contributing positively, the monthly diffusion index remained unchanged at 75. This is the sixth month …
By BUSINESS RECORD STAFF | Mar 18, 2021
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DSM Book Festival organizers urge book lovers to register for VIP sessions

Bibliophiles have just under a week left to register for VIP events for the opening Saturday of the 2021 DSM Book Festival. The festival begins March 27 at 9 a.m., with virtual and distanced in-person …
By BPC Staff | Mar 17, 2021
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DOL solicits equity research on labor policies in ‘Summer Data Challenge’

The U.S. Department of Labor has launched a “Summer Data Challenge” competition for emerging and established scholars to analyze how federal labor policies, protections and programs reach traditionally underserved communities. The department’s Chief Evaluation Office …
By BPC Staff | Mar 17, 2021
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2020 was a roller-coaster ride for U.S. life and annuity market

The pace of the U.S. life and annuity industry’s emergence from COVID-19 disruption accelerated late in an otherwise challenging 2020, according to a new report from S&P Global Market Intelligence.

Life, annuity, and accident and …
By BPC Staff | Mar 17, 2021
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NOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: The unexpected rise and agonizing fall of Dos Equis’ ‘Most Interesting Man’

Remember Dos Equis’ ad campaign, “The Most Interesting Man in the World”? The campaign, which propelled a once-obscure Mexican beer to mainstream popularity, featured a mysterious bearded world-traveling, bear-wrestling, marlin-catching guy whom the police often …
By JOE GARDYASZ | Mar 17, 2021
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Nearly united Iowa House backs free speech bill

Cedar Rapids Gazette: The Iowa House voted nearly unanimously Tuesday to support legislation requiring regents universities to protect First Amendment rights, but split along party lines on another bill addressing training and teaching about “divisive concepts” …
By BPC Staff | Mar 17, 2021