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Business Record 8-21-20

Crash course in a new way to work

Focus: Young Professionals

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By BPC Staff | Aug 20, 2020
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Crash course in a new way to work

Anna Simon, a senior at Iowa State University, stopped by Renewable Energy Group’s Ames office in early June to pick up her new work laptop. She would be spending the summer working with communications manager …
By KATE HAYDEN | Aug 19, 2020
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NOTEBOOK: After the derecho, the cavalry came riding in bucket trucks

Out and about in Ankeny last week I noticed a number of crews in Carolina Power trucks around town working on restoring my neighbors’ electricity. Seeing folks from that far away working on restoring our …
By JOE GARDYASZ | Aug 19, 2020
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Accelerating entrepreneurs of color in Iowa

When an entrepreneur of color begins the groundwork for a new business, what help is there to lift them up? At our July 15 Newsroom 515 event, four panelists described how these entrepreneurs face barriers …
By KATE HAYDEN | Aug 19, 2020
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Derecho-devastated Iowans wonder when more help will come: ‘This is beyond us’

Editor’s note: The Iowa Center for Public Affairs Journalism-IowaWatch is a nonprofit, online news website that collaborates with news organizations to produce explanatory and investigative reporting. Read more at www.IowaWatch.org. 


In 2008, residents of Iowa …
By Andy Kopsa | Aug 19, 2020
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Marshalltown hit hard by derecho just two years after catastrophic tornado

The unknowing eye could drive through Marshalltown and assume the damaged buildings, mangled properties and broken tree limbs were from the Aug. 10 derecho, which sent 99 mph winds through the city. But residents know …
By EMILY BARSKE | Aug 19, 2020
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‘People who were already struggling to make ends meet … were the hardest hit’ by storm

It wasn’t long after a severe storm swept through Iowa on Aug. 10 that Izaah Knox realized the wallop it gave to Des Moines and its residents.

The uprooted trees and snapped utility poles meant …
By KATHY A. BOLTEN | Aug 19, 2020
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NOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: A century ago today, the 19th Amendment was ratified

The 19th News explained their logo in a tweet this morning: “The 19th Amendment remains unfinished business, a fact we acknowledge in our logo with an asterisk. On this suffrage centennial, help us remember those who …
By EMILY BARSKE | Aug 18, 2020
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NOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: Choose your own adventure between these two interesting stories this morning

I’m going to recommend two good reads this morning. Here’s the heads-up: The first one is not great. It’s called “We’re not doing enough to protect COVID-19 vaccine research from cyber espionage,” reported by Fast Company. …
By KATE HAYDEN | Aug 18, 2020
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NOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: Lack of high-speed internet leaves millions of students behind as schools shift to online learning

As a parent, I’m struggling with the decision of sending our high-school-age daughter back to the classroom as schools issue and shift their plans to reopen this fall. But we’re the lucky ones because we …
By MICHAEL CRUMB | Aug 17, 2020