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BPC announces new racial equity advisory board members

The Business Record launched its racial equity advisory board in 2020 as an initiative of the newsroom to regularly hear feedback about how coverage could be more representative and what stories related to racial equity …

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Art takes root

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Business Record 2-9-24

Cover Story: A Closer Look: Kaity Patchett

Focus: Development and Retention

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Putting theory into practice

Yen Verhoeven’s decision to pivot from working as a scientist to being a high school science teacher set her on the path to a future working to shift the focus of education from teaching content …

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Former Clive Hotel becoming workforce housing

Jason Grove and Tina Smothers have converted two properties into workforce housing in the past five years: Dormitories on the former AIB College campus in Des Moines and an extended-stay hotel in Clive.

So, when …

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Business Record 2-2-24

Cover Story: Putting theory into practice

Focus: STEM

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Johnson takes helm as Iowa’s banking superintendent

James Johnson grew up in southwest Iowa, where he helped with his family’s farming operations.

The Gravity, Iowa-native wanted to stay involved with agriculture but not necessarily as a farmer. In his freshman year of …

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Business Record 1-26-24

Cover Story: Johnson takes helm as Iowa’s banking superintendent

Focus: Banking, Finance & Investments

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Economic outlook 2024

The U.S. and Iowa economies began 2024 with strong job numbers, low unemployment and months of rising inflation that appeared to be nearing a plateau.

The Jan. 5 jobs report from the U.S. Bureau of …

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Economic Forecast Preview: What’s ahead in 2024?

With continuing inflationary pressure, a new high interest rate environment and persisting labor challenges continuing to affect businesses and investors, who knows how the economy might fare in 2024?

These are some of the topics …