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The Elbert Files: We expected better of UI

The University of Iowa is acting like the institutional equivalent of a deadbeat dad.

For the past two years, the school has failed to pay Modern Piping, a well-respected Cedar Rapids mechanical contractor, millions of …

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Still one of a kind

A first of its kind development agreement to build a parking garage along Fifth Avenue in downtown Des Moines has sprouted another unique feature as the project itself grows along with its price tag.

In …

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Gone with the wind

In the end, the nation’s burgeoning wind energy spelled the end for Iowa’s only nuclear plant. 

Majority owner NextEra Energy Resources LLC plans to stop commercial operations at Duane Arnold Energy Center near Palo in …

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A Closer Look: David Stark

David Stark became president and CEO of UnityPoint Health-Des Moines on July 1, succeeding Eric Crowell, who retired after 17 years leading the Des Moines hospital system. Stark, who joined UnityPoint Health-Des Moines as an …

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Timms on “new power”

Henry Timms visits Greater Des Moines for the first time Friday to tell us about the important force behind the likes of “GivingTuesday, which he founded, and the likes of Uber and Airbnb.

He is…
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NOTEBOOK: A business wants to stay downtown, but there are ‘issues’

Sherwin Williams paint company is in the unenviable position of being stuck between the past and visions of the future for an area undergoing rejuvenation south of Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway at Southwest Fifth …

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NOTEBOOK: Thinking of workplace safety, self-defense

Heartbreaking cases of young women being attacked have been in the headlines — nationally and, unfortunately, locally.

The tragic news of the Iowa State University golfer being killed this week and the disappearance and death …

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NOTEBOOK: In case you missed it…

In case you missed it…
A brief look back at news from the past week on BusinessRecord.com.

Education disparities
Iowa State University Extension and Outreach wants to play a bigger role in addressing education disparities. …

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Iowa redistricting feature in D.C. panel

Last September, I interviewed my former Des Moines Register colleague David Yepsen for a Closer Look article after he returned to run the “Iowa Press” show on Iowa Public Television. 

Yepsen mentioned in the interview that Iowa …

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Iowa redistricting feature in D.C. panel

Last September, I interviewed my former Des Moines Register colleague David Yepsen for a Closer Look article after he returned to run the “Iowa Press” show on Iowa Public Television. 

Yepsen mentioned in the interview that Iowa …