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IRS: Employers will have additional discretion in FSA, dependent care plans in ’21, ’22

The Internal Revenue Service announced it will give employers additional discretion over the next two years in adjusting flexible spending accounts and dependent care assistance programs due to the pandemic. Under the COVID-related Taxpayer Certainty and Disaster …

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Winners of Healthiest State Annual Awards announced

The Healthiest State Initiative has announced the winners of the 2021 Healthiest State Annual Awards. The winners were recognized for their efforts to improve the physical, social and emotional well-being of their students, employees and …

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$500,000 donated to proposed downtown Des Moines soccer stadium

The Catalyst Circle, a division of the Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines, is donating $500,000 to the proposed development of a professional soccer stadium south of downtown. The Catalyst Circle, whose members include high-profile …

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Eastern Iowa meat processors awarded tax benefits for planned expansions

The Iowa Economic Development Authority Board has awarded tax benefits to two Iowa meat processing companies that plan to expand to help meet increasing demand for locally sourced products.

The board voted Friday to award …

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10 Iowa hospitals penalized for hospital-acquired conditions

The federal government has penalized 774 hospitals across the country, including University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics and nine other Iowa hospitals, for having the highest rates of patient infections or other potentially avoidable medical …

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New renderings released of redeveloped Merle Hay Mall

The proposed redevelopment of portions of Merle Hay Mall would generate an estimated annual $126 million economic impact and create about 1,000 new jobs, according to Elizabeth Holland, CEO of Merle Hay Investors, which owns …

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Rural economy continues to see growth in February as hiring, farmland prices increase

Increased hiring and higher farmland prices drove the state’s rural economy further into growth territory in February, according to a monthly survey of Main Street bankers released Thursday.

According to Creighton University’s Rural Main Street Index, …

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Clive Behavioral Health opens — with limited initial capacity

Photos by Duane Tinkey

Central Iowans seeking inpatient or outpatient behavioral health care for themselves or a family member now have another option with the opening of Clive Behavioral Health.

The new 83,000-square-foot hospital, which …

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Iowa company aims for zero-carbon renewable fuel

Successful Farming: Summit Agricultural Group of Alden has created Summit Carbon Solutions, a business platform intended to develop the world’s largest carbon capture and storage project. Summit Carbon Solutions will accelerate the transition toward sustainable, renewable …

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Count the Kicks and Wellmark to host millennial pregnancy webinar

Count the Kicks, an organization that aims to prevent stillbirths and infant deaths, and Wellmark Blue Cross Blue Shield are hosting a virtual webinar to educate expectant parents and the health care providers who care …