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Wrong number won’t solve abundant potholes in Des Moines


BY KATE HAYDEN: There is a phone number where city complaints about potholes go to die, and it is insurance agent Josh Lafferty’s cellphone number, reports the Des Moines Register. This is a story to remind…
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Ames students join climate protest


BY PERRY BEEMAN: I remember when I was a student at Central Junior High School in Ames, a classmate ran for Student Council on a platform partly about getting chocolate milk in the cafeteria. Later, the issues…
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Short-term health insurance plans draw federal, state investigations

Three congressional committees launched an investigation Wednesday into a dozen health insurers’ “concerning practices” related to their offerings of short-term, limited-duration insurance health care plans.

The troubling practices include denying coverage and misleading customers, according…
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NOTEBOOK: Who’s in the March 15 issue?

Here’s a list of local people in the March 15 issue of the Business Record and the page number of the article in which they are mentioned. Members can read all of this week’s stories …

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NOTEBOOK: Pursuing Neil Armstrong

At a dinner that was part of ciWeek10 festivities, “First Man” author James R. Hansen spoke of the monumental task it turned out to be to persuade astronaut Neil Armstrong, the first man on the …

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NOTEBOOK: Principal Classic and Pancakes

Doug Habgood became the new director of the Principal Charity Golf Classic in August. In talking to the Business Record about his new role, golf and managing all the details of a big sporting event, …

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NOTEBOOK: Branstad aims for Tibet, plans full Grassley in China

U.S. Ambassador Terry Branstad has settled into life as in international diplomat in Beijing. It hasn’t all been about getting caught between U.S. economic interests and those of his longtime friend and tariff-setter, China President Xi …

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McLellan: Are your core values hiding?

It’s hard to imagine that there is a business person on the planet who has not heard of Simon Sinek and his infamous “why” TED Talk, books and beliefs. When you peel away Sinek’s message, …

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The Elbert Files: Iowa’s tax troubles

It’s time for a reality check at the Statehouse.

Less than a year after Iowa Republicans approved the most sweeping tax law rewrite in two decades, it appears that one key aspect of the new …

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NOTEBOOK – One Good Read: Regulator slams Wells Fargo after CEO testifies to Congress

Wells Fargo received a rare — and highly public — rebuke from a top regulator minutes after CEO Tim Sloan finished testifying before a “combative” House panel on Capitol Hill, reports the Wall Street Journal. “We continue …

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