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Hy-Vee partners with Boston tech company to launch PBM subsidiary

Hy-Vee Inc. announced today the launch of its newest subsidiary, Vivid Clear Rx. The new subsidiary will offer pharmacy benefit management services to Hy-Vee’s more than 88,000 employees as well as to other employers. “Health care …

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Chicago architecture firm sues Charles City bank, contractors over development design

Cornice and Rose International LLC, a Chicago architectural firm, is suing an Iowa bank over what it calls the “piracy” of its intellectual property. First Security Bank & Trust Co. of Charles City took over …

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SBA names Top Lender Award winners for Iowa

The U.S. Small Business Administration’s Iowa District Office on Tuesday announced the winners of its Top Lender awards for Fiscal Year 2020. U.S. Bank, which was recognized as both the SBA’s Top Overall Lender and …

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Thousands of Iowans face loss of jobless benefits if federal stimulus bill stalls

More than 44,000 Iowans who have exhausted their state unemployment benefits face a severe financial crisis if a federal safety net is allowed to expire in late December, economists say.

The federal CARES Act went into …

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Democrat Rita Hart to ask U.S. House to review contested Iowa 2nd District race

Quad-City Times: The closest congressional race in decades may be headed to a decision by the Democratic-controlled U.S. House of Representatives. Former state senator and Democrat Rita Hart on Wednesday announced plans to file a petition …

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Hoyt Sherman Place receives $100,000 from W.T. and Edna M. Dahl Trust

Hoyt Sherman Place is launching new restoration efforts on the mansion’s second-floor family spaces with a $100,000 gift from the W.T. and Edna M. Dahl Trust, the organization announced Tuesday. Funding will be used to …

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Alliant announces jump in renewable energy generation

More than 26.5% of electricity used by Alliant Energy’s Iowa customers in 2019 was generated by renewable resources, the company announced today. That is up from 9.9% in 2018, according to a news release. Company …

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Lawsuit seeks to invalidate Broadlawns trustees’ vote on CEO pay raise and bonus

A Des Moines attorney has sued Broadlawns Medical Center and four of its trustees, claiming they violated Iowa’s open-meetings law in a vote taken on a raise and bonus for its CEO, Jody Jenner, the Des …

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Iowa companies show stock-price strength in November

The month of November brought record highs to the S&P 500 and Nasdaq, along with the Dow Jones Industrial Average, which marched above 30,000 for the first time ever. Election outcomes and positive COVID-19 vaccine …

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Iowa water quality improves, but 45% of state’s waters impaired

Cedar Rapids Gazette: Iowa has fewer lakes, rivers and streams on its 2020 draft list of impaired waters compared with the 2018 review cycle, the Iowa Department of Natural Resources reported. “For the first time, there …