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ISU Agrivoltaic Renders east

Value-added energy

Alliant Energy and the Iowa State University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences are partnering on a project that will research the potential for adding value to sites where solar arrays are built by planting …

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Investing in the Latino community’s growth

Latino population growth in the Des Moines metro area is projected to more than double by 2050 to about 117,200 residents to make up about 13% of the population, according to the Nuestro Iowa report …

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Business Record 3-17-23

Cover Story: Investing in the Latino community’s growth

Focus: Green Sustainability

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Inclusion shattered silence web

Belonging

This series was reported by Emily Kestel, Michael Crumb, Sarah Bogaards and Nora Felder. All photos are contributed, except where otherwise noted.

Editor’s note: As a business publication, one of the most pressing issues we’ve covered …

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A conversation on inclusion with Joshua Barr

Editor’s note: This interview with Joshua Barr, owner of Raising the Barr LLC and former director of the Des Moines Civil and Human Rights Commission, is part of a Business Record series on workplace inclusion …

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A conversation with author and professor Matt Walsh on Iowa’s refugee resettlement

This interview has been lightly edited and condensed for clarity

What were some of your main takeaways from writing the book “The Good Governor:  Robert Ray and the Indochinese Refugees of Iowa”?

I was just …

HealthCare

Lack of educators fueling a nationwide nursing shortage

The health care industry has been stretched thin by the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent employee burnout, but industry experts saw a nursing shortage coming before the pandemic began.

The cause is a whirlwind of factors …

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Business Record 3-10-23

Cover Story: Belonging

Focus: Healthcare

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Soybean Harvest northern Iowa

Exporting Iowa

Farmers could see tighter profit margins in 2023 with some countries reducing their import of U.S. products. This will result in decreased demand and could cause the high commodity prices seen in recent years to …

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Business Record 3-3-23

Cover Story: Exporting Iowa

Focus: Global Business

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