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Metro Lofts, a long-planned mixed-income housing development that Sherman and Associates Inc. had hoped to start March 1, may be delayed because an Irvine, Calif.-based tax-credit syndicator backed out of the deal. Minneapolis-based Sherman had …

IowaPolitics.com reported today that the Iowa Board of Regents has voted 7-2 to approve a base annual tuition increases of 6 percent for resident undergraduate and graduate students at Iowa State University, University of Iowa …

The wild roller coaster that employment indicators are riding provided another drop, but one vastly smaller than a year ago, according to the latest job-cut report by Challenger, Gray & Christmas.

Employers in January announced …

The national rental housing vacancy rate declined slightly, while the homeowner vacancy rate increased slightly during the fourth quarter of 2009, the Department of Commerce’s Census Bureau announced this week. See the report.

The rental …

Thought you couldn’t get any more incensed about the Wall Street bonus scandals? Think again.

A group of American International Group (AIG) employees who agreed to accept discounted bonus payouts are expected to receive their …

Gov. Chet Culver this morning was scheduled to sign Executive Order 22, which will require all state departments and agencies to consider using project labor agreements on large-scale construction projects, Iowapolitics.com reported. Culver said project …

Milwaukee-based Manpower Inc. said Tuesday that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Comsys IT Partners Inc., a professional staffing firm based in Houston, for $17.65 per outstanding share of common stock. The total …

A revised development agreement approved by the Des Moines City Council last week is paving the way for Sherman and Associates Inc. to move forward on its proposed Metro Lofts project.

Metro Lofts, a Sherman …

IowaPolitics.com reported that the government reorganization plan projected to save the state $74.1 million and local governments another $44.2 million in fiscal year 2011, was approved 35-15 Monday night by the Iowa Senate. Twenty-five amendments …

Love can be expensive, and — sorry men — the bar for wooing the woman of your dreams this Valentine’s Day has been raised. Get ready to open up that wallet.

This year IBIZ World …